Abstract
Veronicellid slugs are considered the most important intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, an intra-arterial nematode of rodents. Studies undertaken in three localities in southern Brazil led to identification of molluscs other than veronicellid slugs as hosts of A. costaricensis: Limax maximus, Limax flavus and Bradybaena similaris. These data indicate a low host specificity of larval stages of A. costaricensis, as it has been reported to other congeneric species.
Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Limax maximus; Limax flavus; Bradybaena similaris; Megalobulimus abbreviatus; abdominal angiostrongyliasis; veronicellid slugs
On the diversity of mollusc intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971 in southern Brazil
Carlos Graeff Teixeira1
Silvana C. Thiengo2
José Willibaldo Thome1
Aline Bueno Medeiros3
Lea Camillo-Coura4
Aventino A. Agostini3
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Porto Alegre, Brasil
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Malacologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Unversidade de Passo Fundo, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Passo Fundo, Brasil
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Veronicellid slugs are considered the most important intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, an intra-arterial nematode of rodents. Studies undertaken in three localities in southern Brazil led to identification of molluscs other than veronicellid slugs as hosts of A. costaricensis: Limax maximus, Limax flavus and Bradybaena similaris. These data indicate a low host specificity of larval stages of A. costaricensis, as it has been reported to other congeneric species.
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