On the diversity of mollusc intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971 in southern Brazil.
Veronicellid slugs are considered the most important intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, an intra-arterial nematode of rodents. Studies undertaken in three localities in southern Brazil led to identification of molluscs other than veronicellid slugs as hosts of A. costaricensis: Limax maximus, Limax flavus and Bradybaena similaris. These data indicate a low host specificity of larval stages of A. costaricensis, as it has been reported to other congeneric species.
Teixeira
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CG
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Thiengo
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Thome
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JW
Medeiros
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Camillo-Coura
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Agostini
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D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008974:Mollusca / Q000469:parasitology*