Evidences against a significant role of Mus musculus as natural host for Angiostrongylus costaricensis
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
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38(3): 171-175, May-Jun. 1996.
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RESUMO
Wild rodents have been described as the most important hosts for Angiostrongylus costaricensis in Central America and southern Brazil. Sinantropic rodents apparently do not play a significant role as natural hosts. A search for natural infection failed to document worms in 14 mice captured in the house of a patient with diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongylosis and experimental infection of a "wild" Mus musculus strain and groups of albino swiss mice were carried out. Mortality was not significantly different and varied from 42 to 80 for Swiss mice and from 26 to 80 for "wild" mice. The high mortality of a "wild" M. musculus infected with A. costaricensis was very similar to what is observed with most laboratory mice strains. These data may be taken as indications that M. musculus is not a well adapted host for A. costaricensis, although susceptibility was apparently higher with "wild" populations of M. musculus as compared to Swiss strain.
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Asunto principal:
Angiostrongylus
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Animales Salvajes
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Ratones
Límite:
Animales
País/Región como asunto:
America Central
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America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
PUC-RS/BR
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