[Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885) (Mollusca, Soleolifera) from Belo Horizonte (MG, Brasil) as a potential intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera, Cespedes, 1971]

L C Lima; C L Massara; C P de Souza; L K Jannotti-Passos; H L Lenzi

doi:10.1590/s0036-46651992000200006

[Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885) (Mollusca, Soleolifera) from Belo Horizonte (MG, Brasil) as a potential intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera, Cespedes, 1971]

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1992 Mar-Apr;34(2):117-20. doi: 10.1590/s0036-46651992000200006.

[Article in Portuguese]

Authors

L C Lima¹, C L Massara, C P de Souza, L K Jannotti-Passos, H L Lenzi

Affiliation

¹ Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

PMID: 1340024
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651992000200006

Abstract

Specimens of Sarasinula marginata were collected in kitchen and house gardens of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The susceptibility of these molluscs for Angiostrongylus costaricensis was tested by infecting 15 laboratory--reared slugs (F1). The positivity demonstrated was of 80.0%.

Publication types

English Abstract
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Angiostrongylus / isolation & purification*
Animals
Body Weight
Brazil
Feces / parasitology
Mice
Mollusca / parasitology*
Time Factors