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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0122-0268</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista MVZ Córdoba]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.MVZ Cordoba]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0122-0268</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Córdoba - Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0122-02682020000100094</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21897/rmvz.1616</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Reporte de Pseudosuccinea columella infectados con Fasciola hepática en Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Lepe-López M.Scz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villatoro-Paz Ph.D]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Federico]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valdez-Sandoval Dr.Sc]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rios MA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ligia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Rodríguez MV]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mercedes]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guerra-Centeno Ph.D.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dennis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Andres Bello Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida PhD Program in Conservation Medicine, República 252]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago ]]></addr-line>
<country>Chile</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia Instituto de Investigación en Ciencia Animal y Ecosalud]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia Escuela de Estudios de Postgrado]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Guatemala</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>94</fpage>
<lpage>97</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0122-02682020000100094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0122-02682020000100094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0122-02682020000100094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Objetivo.  Identificar la infección natural de caracoles de agua dulce con Fasciola hepatica en una localidad del altiplano de Guatemala.  Materiales y métodos.  Se colectaron caracoles de agua dulce en una aldea endémica de fascioliasis, en la localidad de Paquix, en el departamento de Huehuetenango, ubicado a ~3.300 msnm. La identificación de la especie de caracol se basó en las características morfológicas observadas por estereoscopio usando una clave de identificación. La búsqueda de fases del trematodo se realizó mediante la inspección visual externa con fuente de luz y la disección e inspección visual dentro del molusco bajo estereoscopio y microscopio.  Resultados.  260 caracoles fueron encontrados e identificados como Pseudosuccinea columella. Se examinaron los especímenes colectados y se encontraron dos caracoles infectados de forma natural con fases larvarias de F. hepatica.  Conclusiones . Este es el primer reporte de este hospedero intermediario portando formas de F. hepatica en Guatemala. Es necesario aumentar los reportes de este parásito y de sus interacciones ecológicas en otras áreas no estudiadas de Guatemala y Centro América, debido al riesgo latente de infección para poblaciones de animales herbívoros y humanos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Objective.  Identify the natural infection of freshwater snails as an intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica in Guatemala.  Materials and methods.  Freshwater snails were collected in a high-altitude village (3.000 mamsl) from Huehuetenango department, where fasciolasis is endemic. The identification of the snail species was based on the morphological characteristics observed under the stereoscope using an identification key. The trematode phases were searched externally by visual inspection using a light source, and internally by dissection and visual inspection of the tissues under a stereoscope and microscope.  Results.  260 snails were found and identified as Pseudosuccinea columella. Two were found naturally infected with larval phases of F. hepatica.  Conclusions.  This is the first report of P. columella carrying phases of F. hepatica in the highlands of Guatemala. It is necessary to increase the research of the ecology of this parasite in other understudied areas in Guatemala and Central America, due to the latent risk of infection for populations of herbivorous animals and humans.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Infecciones por trematodos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[caracoles]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[zoonosis (Fuente: Biblioteca nacional de agricultura)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Trematode infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[snails]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[zoonosis (Source: National Library of Agriculture)]]></kwd>
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