First record of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera and Céspedes, 1971 in Ecuador

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1983 Nov;32(6):1460-1. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1983.32.1460.

Abstract

Third-stage metastrongyle larvae were recovered from slugs (Vaginulus sp.) collected in Santa Lucia, Ecuador, a town about 40 miles north of Guayaquil. Some of the larvae were inoculated into laboratory-bred cotton rats and adults of Angiostrongylus costaricensis were later recovered. This is the first report of this parasite in Ecuador.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angiostrongylus / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Ecuador
  • Female
  • Male
  • Metastrongyloidea / physiology*
  • Mollusca / parasitology*
  • Rats