Table 1 Reports on Angiostrongylus vasorum infections in definitive hosts in South America
Definitive host species | Geographical location | No. of cases | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
Cerdocyon thous | Gioás and Angra Dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1 | Travassos, 1927 [49] |
Cerdocyon thous/Canis familiaris | Brazil | na | Dougherty, 1946 [141] |
Cerdocyon thous/ Canis familiaris | Colombia and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 1 | Gonçalves, 1961 [13] |
Canis familiaris | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | na | Langenegger et al., 1962 [54] |
Canis familiaris | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | na | Grisi, 1971 [50] |
Canis familiaris | Paraná, Brazil | na | Giovannoni et al, 1985 [55] |
Canis familiaris | Minas Gerais, Brazil | na | dos Santos et al., 1985 [56] |
Canis familiaris | Argentina | na | Venturini & Borel, 1991 [58] |
Lycalopex (syn. Dusicyon) vetulus | Minas Gerais, Brazil | 4/8 | Lima et al., 1994 [12] |
Lycalopex gymnocercus | Bolivian Chaco | 1/10 | Fiorello et al., 2006 [82] |
Cerdocyon thous | Minas Gerais, Brazil | 3/6 | Duarte et al., 2007. [57] |
Nasua nasua | Paraná, Brazil | 1 | Vieira et al., 2008 [52] |
Eira barbara | Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | 1 | Vieira et al., 2008 [52] |
Cerdocyon thous | Pereira, Colombia | 1 | Varela-Arias et al., 2014 [59] |
Cerdocyon thous | Federal District, Midwestern Brazil | 1 | Ferreira-Júnior et al., 2017 [142] |
Cerdocyon thous | Minas Gerais, Brazil | 2 | Viera et al., 2017 [143] |