The intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in Honduras.
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Resumen: Se colectaron babosas (Veronicellidae) en el Departamento de Morazán, Honduras. La digestión con jugo gástrico artificial mostró la presencia de larvas de tercer estadio morfológicamente semejantes a Angiostrongylus costaricensis. Se les inoculó en ratas (Sigmodon hispidus) con sonda gástrica. Cincuenta días después se obtuvieron los nemátodos adultos y se confirmó el diagnóstico. A pesar de que se han encontrado casos humanos de angiostrongiliasis abdominal en Honduras, nunca se había encontrado el parásito en su huésped intermediario.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Revista de biologia tropical
دوره 36 2B شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988