Publications
| natural infection of deroceras laeve (mollusca: gastropoda) with metastronbylid larvae in a transmission focus of abdominal angiostrongyliasis. | angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode parasitic of rodents. man may become infected by ingestion of the third stage larvae produced within the intermediate hosts, usually slugs from the family veronicellidae. an epidemiological study carried out in a locality in southern brazil (western santa catarina state) where these slugs are a crop pest and an important vector for a. costaricensis has documented for the first time the natural infection of deroceras laeve with metastrongylid larvae. th ... | 2002 | 11896413 |
| angiostrongylus costaricensis: first record of its occurrence in the state of espirito santo, brazil, and a review of its geographic distribution. | abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by angiostrongylus costaricensis, a metastrongylid nematode with wide geographic distribution, occurring from the united states to argentina. in brazil, the disease has been reported from the states of rio grande do sul, santa catarina, paraná, são paulo, federal district of brasília and minas gerais. we report here a case of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in a 9-year-old girl, from itatiba, state of espirito santo, brazil, submitted to ex ... | 1995 | 8599070 |