First report of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in Achatina fulica (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Southeast and South Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 938-941

  Maldonado Jr , Arnaldo ^a,d   Simões, Raquel O ^a   Oliveira, Ana Paula M ^b   Motta, Esther M ^c   Fernandez, Mônica A ^b   Pereira, Zilene M ^b,c   Monteiro, Simone S ^c   Torres, Eduardo J Lopes ^e   Thiengo, Silvana Carvalho ^b  

^a Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Malacologia   (Brazil)

^c Laboratorio de Educacao Saude e Ambiente da Fundacao Osvaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achatina fulica; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Brazil; Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis; Rio de Janeiro; Santa Catarina

Indexed keywords

ACHATINA FULICA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; GASTROPODA; METASTRONGYLIDAE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78649305358     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762010000700019     Document Type: Article

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