Villegas-Fudino Diana, Tantaleán-Vidaurre Manuel
Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2015 Jul-Sep;32(3):515-8. doi: 10.17843/rpmesp.2015.323.1687.
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.
该研究的目的是确定皮蠹是否为微小膜壳绦虫的中间宿主，因此用绦虫卵对100只皮蠹进行了实验性感染。结果发现，92%的昆虫形成了似囊尾蚴，将其接种到实验大鼠体内后发育为成虫阶段。这些成虫产出的卵又重复了感染过程，得到了相同的结果。因此可以说，皮蠹在实验中可作为中间宿主。
