Abdominal Angiostrongylosis in Southern Brazil - Prevalence and Parasitic Burden in Mollusc Intermediate Hosts from Eighteen Endemic Foci

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Rambo, Paulo R ^b   Agostini, Aventino A ^a   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal angiostrongylosis; Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Mollusc hosts; Parasitic burden; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; ANGUSTIPES; BRADYBAENA SIMILARIS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; RODENTIA; VERONICELLIDAE;

ABDOMEN; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLLUSC; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASE;

ABDOMEN; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MOLLUSCA; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030622243     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000100002     Document Type: Article

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