Instituto de Patología Animal, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
Vet Parasitol. 2012 Mar 23;184(2-4):377-80. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.035. Epub 2011 Sep 3.
Adults of Gurltia paralysans were obtained from veins of the spinal cord subarachnoid space from three domestic cats presenting with chronic paraparesis/paraplegia from rural areas of southern Chile. Four adult nematodes were collected (2 males and 2 females) were recovered from cat 1, 14 adult nematodes (12 females and 2 males) from cat 2, and 12 nematodes (10 females and 2 males) were collected from cat 3. Parasite induced lesions that compromised subarachnoid vein microvasculature at the thoracic, lumbar, sacral spinal cord segments extending to conus medularis. Female nematodes measured 25 mm long (range=25-30 mm) and 0.1mm wide. Male measured a mean of 16 mm length (range=13-18 mm) with a body diameter of 0.1mm (range=0.08-0.15 mm). The present study described structural features of G. paralysans, a rare parasite first reported in the 1930s, and provides additional reports on associated clinical and pathological findings in naturally infected domestic cats.
从智利南部农村地区出现慢性轻瘫/截瘫的 3 只家猫的脊髓蛛网膜下腔静脉中获得了 Gurltia paralysans 的成虫。从猫 1 中回收了 4 条成年线虫（2 条雄性和 2 条雌性），从猫 2 中回收了 14 条成年线虫（12 条雌性和 2 条雄性），从猫 3 中回收了 12 条线虫（10 条雌性和 2 条雄性）。寄生虫引起的病变使胸、腰、骶脊髓段的蛛网膜下腔静脉微血管受损，延伸至脊髓圆锥。雌性线虫长 25 毫米（范围为 25-30 毫米），宽 0.1 毫米。雄性线虫平均长 16 毫米（范围为 13-18 毫米），体径 0.1 毫米（范围为 0.08-0.15 毫米）。本研究描述了 Gurltia paralysans 的结构特征，这是一种罕见的寄生虫，于 20 世纪 30 年代首次报道，并提供了有关自然感染家猫的相关临床和病理发现的额外报告。
