title: First record of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera and Céspedes, 1971 in Ecuador.
abstract: Third-stage metastrongyle larvae were recovered from slugs (Vaginulus sp.) collected in Santa Lucia, Ecuador, a town about 40 miles north of Guayaquil. Some of the larvae were inoculated into laboratory-bred cotton rats and adults of Angiostrongylus costaricensis were later recovered. This is the first report of this parasite in Ecuador.
mesh_terms: D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000502:physiology*; D008974:Mollusca / Q000469:parasitology*; D051381:Rats