Potentiality of Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) as intermediate host of the Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Céspedes 1971
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
; 36(6): 743-745, nov.-dez. 2003. tab
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ABSTRACT
Samples of Achatina fulica were experimentally infected with Angiostrongylus costaricensis larvae, etiological agent of abdominal angiostrongyliasis, showing that A. fulica is susceptible to the parasite. Achatina fulica may be a risk to urbanization of abdominal angiostrongyliasis presumably due to its high proliferation, continuous dispersion and remarkable adaptation in several Brazilian towns.
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LILACS
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SES-SP
Assunto principal:
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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Moluscos
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2003
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Article