Natural infection of deroceras laeve (Mollusca: gastropoda) with Metastrongylid larvae in a transmission focus of abdominal angiostrongyliasis
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
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44(1): 53-54, Jan.-Feb. 2002. tab
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ABSTRACT
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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Asunto principal:
Infecciones por Strongylida
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Parasitosis Intestinales
Límite:
Animales
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Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
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Japón
Institución/País de afiliación:
Akita University School of Medicine/JP
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EPAGRI/BR
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Instituto de Pequisas Biomédicas/BR
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul/BR
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