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Enzootic Schistosomiasis in a Louisiana Armadillo

W. A. Krotoski^*, C. K. Job^*, F. B. Cogswell AND E. A. Malek

^* Laboratory Research Branch, National Hansen's Disease Center, Carville, Louisiana 70721
Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Parasitology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

Trematode eggs compatible in characteristics with those of Heterobilharzia americana, a probable cause of human schistosomal dermatitis in the Gulf States of the U.S., were found in the cirrhotic liver and other viscera of a wild-caught armadillo in Louisiana. Although adult worms were not found, the current observation suggests a need to extend the known host range of this common schistosome parasite of carnivores and other wild animals in the South, and may have additional implications in the context of the public health importance of the armadillo.

Accepted for publication September 29, 1983.