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 prevalence of 86% and the individual parasitic burdens are the highest sofar reported in Brazil and S. linguaeformis is the first species from the genus Sarasinula to be identified as intermediate host for A. costaricencis in southern Brazil.

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Main Authors: Laitano,Antonio Carlo, Genro,Júlia Pasquali, Fontoura,Ricardo, Branco,Susana Siqueira Lima, Maurer,Rafael Lucyk, Graeff-Teixeira,Carlos, Milanez,José Maria, Chiaradia,Luís Antônio, Thomé,José Willibaldo
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2001
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822001000100015
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