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

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Antonio Carlo Laitano²  Júlia Pasquali Genro²  Ricardo Fontoura²  Susana Siqueira Lima Branco²  Rafael Lucyk Maurer²  Carlos Graeff-teixeira²  José Maria Milanez¹  Luís Antônio Chiaradia¹  José Willibaldo Thomé¹ 

[1] ,Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul Insituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas Faculdade de Biociências

关键词: Angiostrongylus;    Veronicellidae;    Sarasinula;    Zoonosis;    Angiostrongylus;    Veronicellidae;    Sarasinula;    Zoonosis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822001000100015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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