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• Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo 34 (2) • Apr 1992 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651992000200006   copy

Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885) (Mollusca, Soleolifera) from Belo Horizonte (MG, Brazil) as a potential intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Céspedes, 1971

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Specimens of Sarasinula marginata were collected in kitchen and house gardens of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The suscetibility of these molluscs for Angiostrongylus costaricensis was tested by infecting 15 laboratory - reared slugs (F1). The positivity demonstrated was of 80.0%.

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