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Volume 21, Number 2—February 2015
Dispatch

Lagenidium giganteum Pathogenicity in Mammals

Raquel Vilela, John W. Taylor1, Edward D. Walker1, and Leonel MendozaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA (R. Vilela, E.D. Walker, L. Mendoza); Universidade Federal do Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (R. Vilela); University of California, Berkeley, California, USA (J.W. Taylor)

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Figure 4

Lagenidium giganteum from mammal experimental infection using Culex pipiens mosquito larvae. A) Composite of 2 photographs showing an instar 3 C. pipiens larvae infected with 1 of the 5 tested strains of L. giganteum recovered from dogs with lagenidiosis (MTLA01, type strain). Note the mycelioid structures emerging from the infected larvae (black arrows). B, C) Enlargements of the 2 white boxes in (A) showing details of the mycelioid structures emerging between the segments of the larvae. D, E)

Figure 4. Lagenidium giganteum from mammal experimental infection using Culex pipiens mosquito larvae. A) Composite of 2 photographs showing an instar 3 C. pipiens larvae infected with 1 of the 5 tested strains of L. giganteum recovered from dogs with lagenidiosis (MTLA01, type strain). Note the mycelioid structures emerging from the infected larvae (arrows). B, C) Enlargements of the 2 white boxes in (A) showing details of the mycelioid structures emerging between the segments of the larvae. D, E) Aggressiveness of the invading mycelioid structures (arrows) within the body of C. pipiens larvae.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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