Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is a species of nematode from the family Metastrongylidae.[1]
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| Superfamily: | Metastrongyloidea |
| Family: | Angiostrongylidae |
| Genus: | Aelurostrongylus |
| Species: | A. abstrusus |
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| Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) | |
Hosts
Intermediate hosts include:
- land snail Achatina fulica[1]
- land snail Thelidomus aspera[2]
Final hosts include:
References
- Ohlweiler, F. P.; Guimarães, M. C. D. A.; Takahashi, F. Y.; Eduardo, J. M. (2010). "Current distribution of Achatina fulica, in the State of São Paulo including records of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda) larvae infestation". Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. 52 (4): 211–214. doi:10.1590/S0036-46652010000400009. PMID 21748230. PDF.
- Lindo, J. F.; Waugh, C.; Hall, J.; Cunningham-Myrie, C.; Ashley, D.; Eberhard, M. L.; Sullivan, J. J.; Bishop, H. S.; Robinson, D. G.; Holtz, T.; Robinson, R. D. (2002). "Enzootic Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Rats and Snails after an Outbreak of Human Eosinophilic Meningitis, Jamaica". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 8 (3): 324–326. doi:10.3201/eid0803.010316. PMC 2732477. PMID 11927033.
- Jefferies, R.; Vrhovec, M. G.; Wallner, N.; Catalan, D. R. (2010). "Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus sp. (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) infections in cats inhabiting Ibiza, Spain". Veterinary Parasitology. 173 (3–4): 344–348. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.06.032. PMID 20674179.
Further reading
- Ash, L. R. (1970). "Diagnostic morphology of the third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, and Anafilaroides rostratus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea)". The Journal of Parasitology. 56 (2): 249–253. doi:10.2307/3277651. JSTOR 3277651. PMID 5445821.
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