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Natural infection of deroceras laeve (Mollusca: gastropoda) with Metastrongylid larvae in a transmission focus of abdominal angiostrongyliasis
Maurer, Rafael Lucyk; Graeff-Teixeira, Carlos; ThomÉ, José Willibaldo; Chiaradia, Luís Antônio; Sugaya, Hiroko; Yoshimura, Kentaro.
  • Maurer, Rafael Lucyk; Instituto de Pequisas Biomédicas. Laboratório de Parasitologia Molecular. Porto Alegre. BR
  • Graeff-Teixeira, Carlos; Instituto de Pequisas Biomédicas. Laboratório de Parasitologia Molecular. Porto Alegre. BR
  • ThomÉ, José Willibaldo; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Faculdade de Biociências. Laboratório de Malacologia. Porto Alegre. BR
  • Chiaradia, Luís Antônio; EPAGRI. Centro de Pesquisas para Pequenas Propriedades. Chapecó. BR
  • Sugaya, Hiroko; Akita University School of Medicine. Department of Parasitology. Akita. JP
  • Yoshimura, Kentaro; Akita University School of Medicine. Department of Parasitology. Akita. JP
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 44(1): 53-54, Jan.-Feb. 2002. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-307242
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Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode parasitic of rodents. Man may become infected by ingestion of the third stage larvae produced within the intermediate hosts, usually slugs from the family Veronicellidae. An epidemiological study carried out in a locality in southern Brazil (western Santa Catarina State) where these slugs are a crop pest and an important vector for A. costaricensis has documented for the first time the natural infection of Deroceras laeve with metastrongylid larvae. This small limacid slug is frequently found amid the folds of vegetable leaves and may be inadvertently ingested. Therefore D. laeve may have an important role in transmission of A. costaricensis to man
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Strongylida Infections / Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo Journal subject: Tropical Medicine Year: 2002 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil / Japan Institution/Affiliation country: Akita University School of Medicine/JP / EPAGRI/BR / Instituto de Pequisas Biomédicas/BR / Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Strongylida Infections / Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo Journal subject: Tropical Medicine Year: 2002 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil / Japan Institution/Affiliation country: Akita University School of Medicine/JP / EPAGRI/BR / Instituto de Pequisas Biomédicas/BR / Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul/BR