title: On the diversity of mollusc intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971 in southern Brazil.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Thiengo
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Thome
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Camillo-Coura
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Agostini
mesh_terms: D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008974:Mollusca / Q000469:parasitology*