Natural infection of deroceras laeve (Mollusca: gastropoda) with Metastrongylid larvae in a transmission focus of abdominal angiostrongyliasis
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
; 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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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Infecções por Strongylida
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Enteropatias Parasitárias
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
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Japão
País de publicação:
Brasil