Table 3.

Number of larvae and females of Strongyloides stercoralis recovered from different organs in three specimens of Callithrix penicillata that died due to parasite dissemination after dexamethasone treatment

Primates	Developmental stage	Organs
		Stomach	Small intestine	Large intestine	Trachea and lungs	Heart	Liver, gall-bladder and biliary ducts	Others*	Total
P2	L1 and L2	0	94	84	5	1	6	7	197
	L3 and L4	5	415	230	7	1	18	20	696
	Juvenile ♀	2	269	4	1	0	1	2	279
	Adult ♀	0	450	14	2	0	1	1	468
	Total	7	1,228	332	15	2	26	30	1,640
P6	L1 and L2	2	99	63	2	0	2	12	178
	L3 and L4	17	197	106	4	0	9	11	344
	Juvenile ♀	2	211	12	1	0	1	0	227
	Adult ♀	2	402	25	1	0	0	0	430
	Total	23	909	206	8	0	12	21	1,179
P8	L1 and L2	16	217	245	14	0	9	40	541
	L3 and L4	15	478	212	10	0	20	45	780
	Juvenile ♀	7	79	4	2	0	7	6	105
	Adult ♀	8	389	5	3	0	0	2	407
	Total	46	1,163	466	29	0	36	93	1,833
Mean	L1 and L2	6.0	136.7	130.7	7.0	0.3	5.7	19.0	305.3
	L3 and L4	12.3	363.3	182.7	7.0	0.3	15.7	25.3	606.7
	Juvenile ♀	3.7	186.3	6.7	1.3	0	3.0	2.7	203.7
	Adult ♀	3.3	413.7	14.7	2.0	0	0.3	1.0	435.0
	Total	25.3	1,100.0	334.8	17.3	0.6	24.7	48.0	1,550.7

*Pelvic and other abdominal tissues and organs.

L1 and L2 = rhabditiform larvae of the first and second stages.

L3 and L4 = filariform larvae of the third and fourth stages.

♀ = parasitic female.