Neotropical Helminthology, Vol. 19, Nº2, jul - dec 2025
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Neotropical Helminthology, Vol. 19, Nº 2, jul - dec 2025
Neotropical Helminthology, Vol. 19, Nº 2, jul - dec 2025
Neotropical Helminthology, Vol. 19, Nº 2, jul - dec 2025
Delimiting the Theme
Defining
Descriptors
Delimiting the Theme
Obtaining Primary
Data
Obtaining
Specific Data
Preparation of the
Final Text
Reviewing
Data
Applying Inclusion and
Exclusion Criteria
Defining
Descriptors
Applying the Research
Period and Descriptors in
the Database
Active Search Flowchart
Figure 1.
Presents the flowchart of the research
and
indicates
the main steps that were taken.
Neotropical Helminthology, Vol. 19, Nº 2, jul - dec 2025
Delimiting the Theme
Defining
Descriptors
Figure 2.
Flowchart for obtaining suitable articles from the databases: PubMed, VHL, and SciELO.
Active Search
PubMed/SciE
LO/VHL
Articles
Suitable for
the Final Text
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Total Number of
Articles Found by
Base (T = 114)
PubMed
(87)
VHL (26)
SciELO (1)
Application of
Inclusion and
Exclusion Criteria
Evaluation of Articles
by Reading the Title
and Abstract
Database Search Time
Frame
1949 to 2024
Neotropical Helminthology, Vol. 19, Nº 2, jul - dec 2025
Nº
Author(s)/
Year (Ref No)
Country
Host
Site of Infection// Parasite
01
Crites (1956)
USA
Dv
Large Intestine
Cruzia
americana Maplestone, 1930
02
Sandars (1958)
USA
Dm
Brain and Maxillary Sinus
Achillurbainia recondite
Travassos, 1942
Small-Large Intestine
Rhopalias coronatus
Rudolphi, 1819
Stiles & Hassall,1898
Gallbladder
Metadelphis evandroi
Travassos, 1944
03
Babero (1960)
USA
Dv
Esophagus
Capillaria longicauda
Freitas & Lent, 1935 /
Gongylonema longispiculum
Schulz, 1927 /
Dipetalonema
sp. Diesing, 1861
Lungs
Dipetalonema
sp.
Heart
Dirofilaria
sp. Railliet & Henry, 1911
Gnathostoma
didelphis
Chandler, 1932
Stomach
Gnathostoma
sp. Owen, 1837
Intestine
Trichuris
minuta
Rudolphi, 1819 Chandler, 1930 /
Trichuris
didelphis
Babero, 1960
Small Intestine
Mesocestoides
variabilis
Mueller, 1928 /
Hamanniella
tortuosa
Leidy, 1850
04
Stewart & Dean (1971)
USA
Dm
Stomach
Didelphonema longispiculata
Hill, 1939
05
Pence & Little (1972)
USA/ Costa
Rica/ Colombia
Dm
Buccal Mucosa
Anatrichosoma buccalis
Pence & Little, 1972
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06
Kinsella & Winegarner
(1975)
USA
Dv
Buccal Mucosa
Anatrichosoma bucalis
07
Nettles
et al
. (1975)
USA
Dm
Lungs
Capillaria aerophila
Creplin, 1839 Dujardin, 1845
Estômago
Physaloptera turgida
Schulz, 1927
Cecum and Large Intestine
Brachylaima virginianum
Dickerson, 1930 Krull, 1934 /
Cruzia americana
08
Prestwood (1976)
USA
Dm
Lungs
Didelphostrongylus hayesi
Prestwood,1976
09
Prestwood
et al
. (1977)
USA
Dm
Lungs
Didelphostrongylus hayesi
/
Capillaria
sp.
10
Esslinger & Smith (1979)
USA
Dv
Subcutaneous and Periesophageal Connective Tissues
Dipetalonema
(
Acanthocheilonema
)
didelphis
Esslinger & Smith, 1979
11
Gray & Anderson (1982)
USA
Dv
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Schulz, 1927
Rudolphi, 1819
12
Bowman
et al
. (1983)
USA
Dv
Stomach
Lagochilascaris sprenti
Bowman, Smith & Little, 1983
13
Smith
et al
. (1983)
USA
Dv
Stomach
Lagochilascaris sprenti
14
Ducan J.
et al
. (1989)
USA
Dv
Lungs
Didelphostrongylus hayesi
15
Snyder
et al
. (1991)
USA
Dv
Lungs
Capillaria didelphis
Butterworth & Beverley-Burton, 1977
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Large Intestine
Cruzia americana
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16
Ellis
et al.
(1999)
USA
Dv
Stomach
Gnathostoma didelphis
/
Physaloptera turgida
Small Intestine
Centrorhynchus spinosus
Kaiker, 1893 Van Cleave, 1924/
Mesocestoides
variabilis
/
Longistriata didelphis
Travassos & Darriba, 1929 /
Oligacanthorhynchus tortuosa
Leidy, 1850 Schmidt, 1972 /
Viannaia
hamata
Travassos,1914/
Brachylaima virginiana
Dickerson, 1930/
Didelphodiplostomum variabile
Chandler, 1932 Dubois, 1945/
Rhopalias
macracanthus
Chandler, 1932
Large Intestine
Cruzia americana
/
Oligacanthorhynchus tortuosa
/
Trichuris didelphis
17
Silva & Costa (1999)
Brazil
Dal
Esophagus
Gongylonema
sp. Molin, 1857
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Small Intestine
Brachylaema migrans
Dujarin, 1845 /
Viannaia hamata
/
Travassostrongylus
orllofi
Travassos, 1935
Large Intestine
Rhopalias coronatus
/
Aspidodera raillieti
Travassos, 1913 /
Cruzia tentaculata
Rudolpohi, 1819
/ Trichuris didelphis
/
Capillaria
sp.
18
Cruz
et al
. (2000)
Argentina
Dal
Small Intestine
Duboisiella proloba
Baer, 1938
19
Cañeda-Guzmán
et al.
(2001)
Mexico
Dm
Intestine
Thaumasioscolex didelphidis
Cañeda-Guzmán, de Chambrier & Scholz, 2001
20
Matey
et al
(2001)
USA
Dv
Stomach
Turgida turgida
21
Kim
et al
. (2002)
USA
Dv
Brain
Parastrongylus
(=
Angiostrongylus
)
costaricensis
Morera & Cespedes, 1971
22
Lamberski
et al
. (2002)
USA
Dv
Lungs
Didelphostrongylus hayesi
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23
Salgado-Maldonado &
Cruz-Reyes (2002)
Mexico
Dv
Small Intestine
Porrorchis nickoli
Salgado-Maldonado & Cruz-Reyes, 2002
24
Campbell,
et al.
(2003)
Argentina
Dal
Small Intestine
Mathevotaenia argentinensis
Campbell, Gardner & Navone, 2003
25
Monet-Mendoza
et al.
(2005)
Mexico
Dv
NOT DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE*
Lungs
Paragonimus mexicanus
Miyazaki & Ishii, 1968 /
Didelphostrongylus hayesi
Stomach
Didelphonema longispiculata
/
Turgida turgida
/
Gnathostoma turgidum
Stossich, 1902
Liver
Gnathostoma turgidum
Intestine
Oncicola luehei
Travassos, 1917
Small Intestine
Brachylaima virginiana
/
Brachylaima
sp. Dujardin, 1843 /
Rhopalias coronatus
/
Rhopalias macracanthus
/
Mathevotaenia
sp. Akhumyan, 1946 /
Trichuris
sp./
Viannaia
sp. Travassos, 1914 /
Viannaia didelphis
Travassos, 1914 /
Viannaia viannai
Travassos, 1914
Large Intestine
Oligacanthorhynchus
tortuosa
/
Cruzia
sp./
Cruzia americana
/
Cruzia
tentaculata
/
Didelphonema longispiculata
Cecum
Trichuris
sp./
Didelphonema longispiculata
26
Miller
et al
. (2006)
USA
Dv
Mesenteric Arteries - Intestine
Parastrongylus
(=
Angiostrongylus
)
costaricensis
27
Chagas-Moutinho
et al
.
(2007)
Colombia
Dm
Large Intestine
Aspidodera raillieti
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28
Nichelason
et al
. (2008)
USA
Dv
Lungs
Didelphostrongylus hayesi
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Large Intestine
Cruzia americana
29
Adnet
et al
. (2009)
Colombia
Dm
Large Intestine
Cruzia tentaculata
30
Díaz-Camacho
et al
.
(2009)
Mexico
Dv
Liver / Stomach
Gnathostoma turgidum
31
Nawa
et al
. (2009)
Mexico
Dv
Lungs / Stomach / Small-Large Intestine
Gnathostoma turgidum
32
Díaz-Camacho
et al
.
(2010)
Mexico
Dv
Liver
Gnathostoma turgidum
33
Jiménez
et al.
(2011)
Guiana Francesa
Dm
Stomach
Spirura guianensis
Ortlepp, 1924
Small Intestine
Mathevotaenia bivittata
/
Travassostrongylus paraquintus
/
Viannaia viannai
/
Oncicola campanulata
Diesing, 1851
Large Intestine
Aspidodera raillieti
/
Capillaria eberthi
Freitas & Lent, 1935/
Trichuris reesali
Wo§fgang, 1951
Cecum
Aspidodera raillieti
/
Capillaria eberthi
/
Trichuris reesali
34
Chagas-Moutinho
et al
.
(2014)
Rio de Janeiro
Da
Intestine / Cecum
Aspidodera lanfredi
Chagas-Moutinho, Sant’Anna,
Oliveira-Menezes & Souza, 2014
35
Torres-Montoya
et al
.
(2014)
Mexico
Dv
Liver / Stomach
Gnathostoma turgidum
Neotropical Helminthology, Vol. 19, Nº 2, jul - dec 2025
36
Acosta-Virgen
et al
.
(2015)
Mexico
Dm/Dv/
Dsp
Dm*
Lungs
Capillariinae Railliet, 1915
Gallbladder
Amphimerus caudalitestis
Caballero, Grocott & Cerecero, 1952 /
Philandrophilus magnacirrus
Thatcher, 1970
Stomach
Gnathostoma turgidum
/
Turgida turgida
Liver
Gnathostoma turgidum
Intestine
Rhopalias coronatus
/
Rhopalias macracanthus
/
Thaumasioscolex didelphidis
/
Oncicola luehei
/
Viannaia viannai
Cecum
Cruzia tentaculata
/
Trichuris didelphis
Dv*
Lungs
Didelphostrongylus hayesi
/ Capillariinae
Gallbladder
Amphimerus caudalitestis
Stomach
Gnathostoma turgidum
/
Gongylonema
sp. /
Turgida turgida
Liver
Gnathostoma turgidum
Intestine
Brachylaima didelphus
/
Rhopalias coronatus
/
Rhopalias macracanthus
/
Thaumasioscolex didelphidis
/
Oligacanthorhynchus microcephalus
Rudolphi, 1819 Schmidt, 1972 /
Porrorchis nickoli
/
Aspidodera raillieti
/ V
iannaia viannai
Cecum
Cruzia tentaculata
/
Trichuris didelphis
Dsp*
Stomach
Gnathostoma turgidum
/
Turgida turgida
Liver
Gnathostoma turgidum
Intestine
Rhopalias coronatus
/
Rhopalias macracanthus
Cecum
Cruzia tentaculata
/
Trichuris didelphis
Neotropical Helminthology, Vol. 19, Nº 2, jul - dec 2025
37
Costa-Neto
et al
. (2016)
Brazil
Dm
Lungs
Heterostrongylus heterostrongylus
Travassos, 1925
38
Lópes-Crespo
et al
.
(2017)
Mexico
Dv
Stomach
Didelphostrongylus hayesi
39
Zabott
et al
. (2017)
Brazil
Dal
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Small Intestine
Cruzia tentaculata
Aspidodera
sp. Railliet & Henry, 1912 /
Trichuris
sp.
Large Intestine
Hamanniella microcephala
Rudolphi, 1819 /
Rhopalias coronatus
40
Torres-Montoya (2018)
Mexico
Dv
Stomach/ Liver
Gnathostoma turgidum
41
Costa-Neto (2019)
Brazil
Da
Bronchi/Bronchioles
Heterostrongylus heterostrongylus
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Small Intestine
Travassostrongylus orloffi
/
Viannaia hamata
/
Globocephalus marsupialis
Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1936 /
Duboisiella proloba
/
Brachylaima advena
Dujardin, 1843 /
Rhopalias coronatus
/
Oligacanthorhynchus microcephalus
/
Cestoda Unidentified
Large Intestine
Aspidodera raillieti
/
Cruzia tentaculata
/
Trichuris minuta
/
Trichuris didelphis
42
Li (2019)
USA
Dv
Large Intestine
Cruzia americana
43
Cleveland
et al
. (2020)
Mexico
Dv
Subcutaneous
Dracunculus insignis
Leidy, 1856 Chandler, 1942
44
Gárcia-Varela
et al
.
(2020)
Mexico
Dv
Large Intestine
Porrorchis nickoli
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45
Cardoso
et al
. (2021)
Brazil
Da
PRESUMPTION - NOT REPORTED
Lungs
Heterostrongylus
heterostrongylus
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Small Intestine
Mathevotaenia
sp.
Viannaia
hamata
/
Viannaia
sp. /
Travassostrongylus
orloffi
/
Rhopalias
coronatus
/
Globocephalus marsupialis
Large Intestine
Cruzia tentaculata
/
Oligacanthorhynchus microcephalus
/
Trichuris minuta
/
Trichuris didelphis
Cecum
Trichuris minuta
/
Trichuris didelphis
46
Ramírez-Cañas
et al.
(2021)
Mexico
Dv
Small Intestine
Viannaia angelae
Ramirez-Canas, Lopez-Caballero & Mata-Lopez, 2021
47
Cirino
et al
. (2022)
Brasil
Dal
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Small Intestine
Travassostrongylus orloffi
/
Viannaia hamata
/
Brachylaima advena
/
Rhopalias
coronatus
/
Hoineffia
sp. Diaw, 1976 /
Viannaia
sp. / Cestoda Unidentified
Large Intestine
Aspidodera raillieti
/
Cruzia tentaculata
/
Trichuris didelphis
/
Trichuris minuta
48
Freitas
et al
. (2022)
Brazil
Dm
Large Intestine/Cecum
Aspidodera raillieti
/
Cruzia tentaculata
/
Didelphonema longispiculata
/
Travassostrongylus orloffi
/
Trichuris minuta
/
Turgida turgida
/
Viannaia hamata
/
Oligacanthorhynchus microcephalus
/ Cesto
da Unidentified
49
Freitas
et al
. (2022)
Brazil
Dm
Stomach
Didelphonema longispiculata
50
Souza
et al
. (2022)
Brazil
Da/Dal
Large Intestine/Cecum*
Cruzia tentaculata
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Varella
et al
. (2022)
Brazil
Da/Dal
Large Intestine/Cecum*
Aspidodera raillieti
52
Vielmo
et al
. (2022)
Brazil
Dal
Brain / Esophagus / Stomach / Large Intestine
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Chen, 1935
53
Jiménes
et al
. (2024)
Bolivia
Dm/Dal
Dm*
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Small Intestine
Viannaia hamata
/
Viannaia simplicispicula
Navone, Suriano & Pujol,
1991
/
Viannaia skrjabini
Lent & Freitas, 1937 /
Viannaia viannai
/
Oligacanthorhynchus microcephala
Large Intestine/Cecum
Aspidodera raillieti
Dal*
Stomach
Turgida turgida
Large Intestine/Cecum
Aspidodera raillieti
/
Cruzia tentaculata
54
Panti-May
et al
. (2024)
Mexico
Dv
Esophagus/Stomach
Turgida turgida
Liver
Platynosomum illiciens
Braun, 1901
Small Intestine
Brachylaima
sp. /
Mathevotaenia
sp. /
Viannaia
sp. /
Viannaia arriaguensis
Ramírez-Cañas, López-Caballero & Mata-López /
Travassostrongylus
sp.
Orloff, 1933
Intestine
Oligacanthorhynchus microcephalus
Cecum
Cruzia americana
/
Cruzi tentaculata
/
Trichuris minuta
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*Studies that reported parasites in more than one
Didelphis
species were quantified separately
30
23
16
14
13
10
7
5
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
10
20
30
40
Stomach
Large Intestine
Small Intestine
Cecum
Lungs
Liver
Intestine (Region not specified)
Esophagus
Gallbladder
Brain/Encephalon
Buccal mucosa
Mesenteric Arteries of the Intestine
Bronchi and Bronchioles
Subcutaneous Tissue
Maxillary Sinus
Heart
Subcutaneous and Periesophageal…
Registered Regions
NUMBER OF REPORTS BY ORGAN OR TISSUE
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