Evaluación experimental de Ulomoides dermestoides (Tenebrionidae) como hospedero intermediario de Hymenolepis diminuta

Diana Villegas-Fudino; Manuel Tantaleán-Vidaurre

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2015.323.1687

Experimental evaluation of Ulomoides dermestoides (Tenebrionidae) as an intermediate host of Hymenolepis diminuta

Authors

Diana Villegas-Fudino Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Peru.
Manuel Tantaleán-Vidaurre Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2015.323.1687

Keywords:

Hymenolepis diminuta, Ulomoides dermestoides, Experimental studies

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine if Ulomoides dermestoides behaves as an intermediate host of Hymenolepis diminuta, therefore one hundred of them were experimentally infected with tapeworm eggs. As a result, it was found that in 92% of the insects formed cysticercoids which, inoculated in laboratory rats, developed the adult stage. These adults produced eggs with which the infection process was repeated, obtaining the same results. Therefore it can be said that U. dermestoides experimentally acts as an intermediate host.

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Published

2015-09-24

Issue

2015 Vol 32 (3)

Section

Brief Report

How to Cite

Villegas-Fudino D, Tantaleán-Vidaurre M. Experimental evaluation of Ulomoides dermestoides (Tenebrionidae) as an intermediate host of Hymenolepis diminuta. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 24 [cited 2024 Dec. 15];32(3):515-8. Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/1687