Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in molluscs in the municipality of São Gonçalo, a metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: role of the invasive species Achatina fulica in parasite transmission dynamics

Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in molluscs in the municipality of São Gonçalo, a metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: role of the invasive species Achatina fulica in parasite transmission dynamics

The aim of this study was to analyse the infection dynamics ofAngiostrongylus cantonensisin its possible intermediate hosts over two years in an urban area in the state of Rio de Janeiro where the presence ofA. cantonensis had been previously recorded in molluscs. Four of the seven mollusc species f...

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Main Authors: Ana PM Oliveira, Rosana Gentile, Arnaldo Maldonado Júnior, Eduardo J Lopes Torres, Silvana C Thiengo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
cerebral angiostrongyliasis
Bradybaena similaris
helminths’ larvae
intermediate hosts
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