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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LILAS (Amériques)
Sujet Principal:
Infections à Strongylida
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Parasitoses intestinales
Limites du sujet:
Animaux
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Humains
Pays comme sujet:
Amérique du Sud
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Brésil
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Thème du journal:
Médecine tropicale
Année:
2002
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Brésil
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Japon
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
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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