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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 88(3): 487-9, July-Sept. 1993.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-148801
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