On the diversity of mollusc intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971 in southern Brazil

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1993 Jul-Sep;88(3):487-9. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761993000300020.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Angiostrongylus / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Brazil
  • Host-Parasite Interactions
  • Mollusca / parasitology*