Redescription of Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis Morera &amp; Céspedes (nematoda, metastrongyloidea) from a brazilian strain

Thiengo, Silvana C; Vicente, Joaquim Julio; Pinto, Roberto Magalháes

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751997000400008

Abstract

Morphometric data on larval and adult specimens of Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis Morera & Céspedes, 1971 recovered from Swiss albino mice experimentally infected is presented. Infective larvae were obtained from parasitized veronicellid Sarasinula margínala (Semper, 1885) maintained in the laboratory. This is the first complete morphometric study regarding specimens of a Brazilian strain of A. (P.) costaricensis.

Nematoda; Angiostrongylus (P.) costaricensis; Mollusca; Sarasinula margínala; taxonomy; morphology; Brazil

Redescription of Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis Morera & Céspedes (nematoda, metastrongyloidea) from a brazilian strain

Silvana C. Thiengo^I; Joaquim Julio Vicente^II; Roberto Magalháes Pinto^II

^IDepartamento de Malacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Avenida Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

^IILaboratorio de Helmintos Parásitos de Vertebrados, Departamento de Helmintología, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Avenida Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. CNPq fellow

ABSTRACT

Morphometric data on larval and adult specimens of Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis Morera & Céspedes, 1971 recovered from Swiss albino mice experimentally infected is presented. Infective larvae were obtained from parasitized veronicellid Sarasinula margínala (Semper, 1885) maintained in the laboratory. This is the first complete morphometric study regarding specimens of a Brazilian strain of A. (P.) costaricensis.

Key words: Nematoda, Angiostrongylus (P.) costaricensis, Mollusca, Sarasinula margínala, taxonomy, morphology, Brazil

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Agostini, A.A.; A. Peixoto; A. Caleffi; A. Dexhaimer & R.R. Camargo. 1983. Angiostrongilíase abdominal. Três casos observados no Rio Grande do Sul. R. AMRGS 27: 200-203.
Anderson, R.C. 1958. Méthode pour l'examen des nematodes en vue apicale. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. et Comp. 33: 1/1-172.
______. 1978. Keys to the genera of the superfamily Metastrongyloidea. In: R.C. Anderson, AG. Chabaud & S. Willmot (Eds). C.I.H. Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. #5. Bucks, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, 40p.
Ayala, M. 1987. Angiostrongiloidose abdominal nos Estados do Paraná e Santa Catarina: apresentação de cinco casos e revisão da literatura. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 8: 29-36
Barbosa, H.; A.N. Raick; A.V. Magalhães & P.M.F. Otero. 1980. Angiostrongilose abdominal. Rev. Ass. Med. Brasil. 226: 178-180.
Graeff-Teixeira, C; J.W. Thomé; S.C. Pinto; L. Camillo-Coura & H. Lenzi. 1989. Phyllocaulis variegatus - an intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in south Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 84: 65-68.
Ishih, A.; B.A. Rodríguez & M. Sano. 1990. Scanning electron microscopic observations of the first and third stage larvae and adults of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. Southeast Asian Jour. Trop. Med. Pub. Health 21: 568-573.
Morera, P. 1973. Life history and redescription of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Céspedes, 1971. Amer. Jour. Trop. Med. Hyg. 22: 613 -621.
______. 1986. Abdominal angiostrongyliasis, p.4-8. In: J.A. Spittell (Ed.). Clinical Medicine. Philadelphia, Harper & Row Publishers.
MORERA, P. & R. CÉSPEDES. 1971. Angiostrongylus costaricensis n.sp. (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) a new lungworm occurring in man in Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 18: 173-185.
Pena, G.P.M.; J.S. Andrade Filho & S.C. Assis. 1995. Angiostrongylus costaricensis: First record of its occurrence in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil, and a review of its geographic distribution. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. São Paulo 37: 369-374.
Rocha, A; J.M. Sobrinho & L.C. Salomão. 1991. Angiostrongilíase abdominal. Primeiro relato de caso autóctone de Minas Gerais. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 24: 265-268.
SANTOS, CP. 1985. Redescrição de Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis isolado de um novo hospedeiro silvestre, Proechimys sp. na Venezuela (Metastrongyloidea: Angiostrongylidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 80: 81-83.
Ziliotto, A. JR.; J.E. Kunzle; L.A. Rus Fernandez; J.C. Prates-Campos & R. Britto-Costa. 1975. Angiostrongilíase: apresentação de um provável caso. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. São Paulo 17: 312-318.

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[1] Agostini, A.A.; A. Peixoto; A. Caleffi; A. Dexhaimer & R.R. Camargo. 1983. Angiostrongilíase abdominal. Três casos observados no Rio Grande do Sul. R. AMRGS 27: 200-203.

[2] Anderson, R.C. 1958. Méthode pour l'examen des nematodes en vue apicale. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. et Comp. 33: 1/1-172.

[3] ______. 1978. Keys to the genera of the superfamily Metastrongyloidea. In: R.C. Anderson, AG. Chabaud & S. Willmot (Eds). C.I.H. Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. #5. Bucks, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, 40p.

[4] Ayala, M. 1987. Angiostrongiloidose abdominal nos Estados do Paraná e Santa Catarina: apresentação de cinco casos e revisão da literatura. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 8: 29-36

[5] Barbosa, H.; A.N. Raick; A.V. Magalhães & P.M.F. Otero. 1980. Angiostrongilose abdominal. Rev. Ass. Med. Brasil. 226: 178-180.

[6] Graeff-Teixeira, C; J.W. Thomé; S.C. Pinto; L. Camillo-Coura & H. Lenzi. 1989. Phyllocaulis variegatus - an intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in south Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 84: 65-68.

[7] Ishih, A.; B.A. Rodríguez & M. Sano. 1990. Scanning electron microscopic observations of the first and third stage larvae and adults of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. Southeast Asian Jour. Trop. Med. Pub. Health 21: 568-573.

[8] Morera, P. 1973. Life history and redescription of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Céspedes, 1971. Amer. Jour. Trop. Med. Hyg. 22: 613 -621.

[9] ______. 1986. Abdominal angiostrongyliasis, p.4-8. In: J.A. Spittell (Ed.). Clinical Medicine. Philadelphia, Harper & Row Publishers.

[10] MORERA, P. & R. CÉSPEDES. 1971. Angiostrongylus costaricensis n.sp. (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) a new lungworm occurring in man in Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 18: 173-185.

[11] Pena, G.P.M.; J.S. Andrade Filho & S.C. Assis. 1995. Angiostrongylus costaricensis: First record of its occurrence in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil, and a review of its geographic distribution. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. São Paulo 37: 369-374.

[12] Rocha, A; J.M. Sobrinho & L.C. Salomão. 1991. Angiostrongilíase abdominal. Primeiro relato de caso autóctone de Minas Gerais. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 24: 265-268.

[13] SANTOS, CP. 1985. Redescrição de Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis isolado de um novo hospedeiro silvestre, Proechimys sp. na Venezuela (Metastrongyloidea: Angiostrongylidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 80: 81-83.

[14] Ziliotto, A. JR.; J.E. Kunzle; L.A. Rus Fernandez; J.C. Prates-Campos & R. Britto-Costa. 1975. Angiostrongilíase: apresentação de um provável caso. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. São Paulo 17: 312-318.