Report on the ocurrence of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in southern Brazil, in a new intermediate host from the genus Sarasinula (Veronicellidae, Gastropoda)

Report on the ocurrence of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in southern Brazil, in a new intermediate host from the genus Sarasinula (Veronicellidae, Gastropoda)

Veronicellid slugs are the main intermediate hosts for Angiostrongylus costaricencis. In a rural locality in Nova Itaberaba (SC, southern Brazil) Sarasinula linguaeformis was identified as a crop pest. The parasitological examination revealed A. costaricencis infection in 43 out ot 50 slugs. The pre...

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Main Authors: Antonio Carlo Laitano, Júlia Pasquali Genro, Ricardo Fontoura, Susana Siqueira Lima Branco, Rafael Lucyk Maurer, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, José Maria Milanez, Luís Antônio Chiaradia, José Willibaldo Thomé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2001-02-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Angiostrongylus
Veronicellidae
Sarasinula
Zoonosis
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