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Provedor de dados: 	Acta Amazonica	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Occurrence of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) larvae (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) infecting Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Amazon region	
Autores: 	Andrade-Porto,Sanny Maria de; Souza,Kelly Cristina Pereira de; Cárdenas,Melissa Querido; Roque,Rosemary A.; Pimpão,Daniel Mansur; Araújo,Cleusa Suzana; Malta,José Celso de Oliveira.	
Data: 	2012-06-01	
Ano: 	2012	
Palavras-chave: 	Giant african snail; Parasitology; Nematode larvae; Helminth; Central Amazon.	
Resumo: 	Achatina fulica or "giant African snail" is an exotic species, considered to be one of the world's hundred most invasive species, causing serious environmental damages. In the present study we report, for the first time, the occurrence of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infecting A.fulica in the Amazon region. This nematode is described parasitizing mainly the pulmonary system of felines, which causes "aelurostrongilose", also known as feline cardio-pulmonary strongyloidosis. New morphometric data of third stage larvae are presented herein. The present study demonstrated that 40% of all the snails were infected by A. abstrusus. Achatina fulica specimens were collected from three different areas in Manaus namely: rural; east and west areas. The east area presents the highest prevalence of 80%. The large number of A.fulica found in inhabited areas increases the chances of emergent zoonoses, which highlights the need of further studies so as to better control this disease.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672012000200010	
Editor: 	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0044-59672012000200010	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Acta Amazonica  v.42 n.2 2012	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess