title: Report on the occurrence of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in southern Brazil, in a new intermediate host from the genus Sarasinula (Veronicellidae, Gastropoda).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratórios de Biologia Parasitária e Parasitologia Molecular, Faculdade de Biociências, Insituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Laitano
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Genro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fontoura
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Graeff-Teixeira
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Milanez
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Chiaradia
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Thomé
mesh_terms: D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D012423:Rural Health; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*