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| 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. |
| 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... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Giant african snail; Parasitology; Nematode larvae; Helminth; Central Amazon. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672012000200010 |
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