First record of a nematode Metastrongyloidea (Aelurostrongylus abstrusus larvae) in Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica (Mollusca, Achatinidae) in Brazil

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-39

  Thiengo, Silvana C ^a   Fernandez, Monica A ^a   Torres, Eduardo J L ^b   Coelho, Pablo M ^a   Lanfredi, Reinalda M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achatina fulica; Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Angiostrongylus spp.; Brazil; Invasive molluscs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATS; HUMANS; LARVA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ACHATINA FULICA; ACHATINIDAE; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MOLLUSCA; PRIMATES; RATTUS;

EID: 42649139603     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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