Table 3 Number of larvae and females of Strongyloides stercoralis recovered from different organs in three specimens of Callithrix penicillata that died due to parasite dissemination after dexamethasone treatment
Primates | Developmental stage | Organs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Stomach | Small intestine | Large intestine | Trachea and lungs | Heart | Liver, gall-bladder and biliary ducts | Others* | Total |
P2 | L1 and L2 | 0 | 94 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 197 |
| Â | L3 and L4 | 5 | 415 | 230 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 696 |
|  | Juvenile ♀ | 2 | 269 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 279 |
|  | Adult ♀ | 0 | 450 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 468 |
| Â | Total | 7 | 1,228 | 332 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 30 | 1,640 |
P6 | L1 and L2 | 2 | 99 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 178 |
| Â | L3 and L4 | 17 | 197 | 106 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 344 |
|  | Juvenile ♀ | 2 | 211 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 227 |
|  | Adult ♀ | 2 | 402 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 430 |
| Â | Total | 23 | 909 | 206 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 1,179 |
P8 | L1 and L2 | 16 | 217 | 245 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 541 |
| Â | L3 and L4 | 15 | 478 | 212 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 45 | 780 |
|  | Juvenile ♀ | 7 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 105 |
|  | Adult ♀ | 8 | 389 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 407 |
| Â | Total | 46 | 1,163 | 466 | 29 | 0 | 36 | 93 | 1,833 |
Mean | L1 and L2 | 6.0 | 136.7 | 130.7 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 19.0 | 305.3 |
| Â | L3 and L4 | 12.3 | 363.3 | 182.7 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 15.7 | 25.3 | 606.7 |
|  | Juvenile ♀ | 3.7 | 186.3 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 203.7 |
|  | Adult ♀ | 3.3 | 413.7 | 14.7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 435.0 |
| Â | Total | 25.3 | 1,100.0 | 334.8 | 17.3 | 0.6 | 24.7 | 48.0 | 1,550.7 |