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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532015000100252</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7550/rmb.45845</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Presencia de filarias de Dirofilaria immitis (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) en zorra gris (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) en México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Dirofilaria immitis (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) filariae in gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in Mexico]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Camacho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Norma]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cantó-Alarcón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Germinal Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jones]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Robert W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zamora-Ledesma]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Salvador]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz-Botello]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jeanette Marisol]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Camacho-Macías]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Brenda]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro Facultad de Ciencias Naturales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Querétaro Querétaro]]></addr-line>
<country>MX</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>86</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>252</fpage>
<lpage>254</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000100252&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000100252&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000100252&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[El estudio de la parasitofauna de carnívoros silvestres es indispensable por su potencial uso como especies centinelas de la salud de los ecosistemas. Este estudio se llevó a cabo en la zona conurbada de Santiago de Querétaro, México, en donde se registró la presencia de filarias del nemátodo Dirofilaria immitis por medio de frotis sanguíneos en una zorra gris macho Urocyon cinereoargenteus, capturado en noviembre de 2013. Análisis posteriores señalaron la ausencia de nemátodos adultos en el corazón del cánido, pese al registro de las filarias en sangre. Se cuenta con registros previos de D. immitis en coyotes en Querétaro, pero se desconocía su presencia en este cánido silvestre.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The study of the parasite fauna of Mexican wild canids is relevant because of their potential as sentinel species for ecosystem health. The following study was conducted in a suburban area in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. We registered Dirofilaria immitis filariae in a gray fox male Urocyon cinereoargenteus blood sample on November of 2013. Further analysis showed there were not adult heartworms infecting the gray fox indicating that the animal was in the initial stages of infection. There are previous records of D. immitis in coyotes and stray dogs in Querétaro, but this nematode has yet to be registered in this host species.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nemátodo de corazón]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cánidos silvestres]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Querétaro]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Heartworm]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Health]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Wild canids]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Querétaro]]></kwd>
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