Rev 09/21/2024
Chromadorea
Rhabditia
Rhabditida
Metarongyloidea
Angiostrongylidae
Snails are intermediate hosts of many species while rats, domestic dogs and wild mammals and other vertebrates are the definitive hosts (Souza et al., 2009)..
Accidental infections of humans somwetimes occur, resulting in characteristic clinical symptoms (Wand et al., 2008)
Morgan, E.R., Shaw. S.E., Brennan, S.F., De Waal, T.D., Jones, B.R., Mulcahy, G. 2005. Angiostrongylus vasorum: a real heartbreaker. Trends in Parasitology 21:49-51.
Souza, J.G.R., Simoes, R.O., Thiengo, S.A.R.C., Lima, W.S., Muta, E.M., Rodrigues-Silva, R., Lanfredi, R.M., Maldonado, A. 2009. A new metastrongylid species (Nematode: Metastrongylidae): a lungworm from Akodon montensis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in Brazil. J. Parsitol 95:1507-1511.
Wang, Q-P., Lai, D.H., Zhu, X.Q., Chen, X.G., Lun, Z.R. 2008. Human angiostrongyliasis. The Lancet (Infectious Diseases) 10:621-630.
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