Table 1 Vertebrate species reported as Angiostrongylus costaricensis-competent hosts based on morphological or molecular identification of the parasite

Sigmodon hispidus

Rodentia, Cricetidae

Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Brazil, USA

Histopathological examination

[8, 16, 18]

Rattus rattus

Rodentia, Muridae

Costa Rica, Panama, Guadeloupe

Histopathological examination

[8, 18, 29]

Rattus norvegicus

Rodentia, Muridae

Guadeloupe

Histopathological examination

[29]

Peromyscus spp.

Rodentia, Cricetidae

Honduras

NI

[16]

Lyomis adspersus

Rodentia, Heteromyidae

Panama

Histopathological examination

[18]

Oligoryzomys fulvescens

Rodentia, Cricetidae

Panama, Brazil

Histopathological examination

[16, 18]

Oligoryzomys nigripes (syn. Sooretamys angouya)

Rodentia, Cricetidae

Brazil

Histopathological examination

[139]

Oryzomys ratticeps

Rodentia, Cricetidae

Brazil

Histopathological examination

[139]

Akodon montensis

Rodentia, Cricetidae

Argentina

Histopathological examination

[51]

Zygodontomys brevicauda

Rodentia, Cricetidae

Panama

NI

[10]

Melanomys caliginosus

Rodentia, Cricetidae

Colombia

Morphological identification of L1 in rodent feces

[19]

Procyon lotor^a

Carnivora, Procyonidae

USA

Histopathological examination

[53]

Hylobates syndactylus^a

Primates, Hylobatidae

USA

Histopathological examination

[53]

Aotus nancymaae^a

Primates, Aotidae

USA

Histopathological examination

[53]

Saguinus mystax^a

Primates, Callitrichidae

Peru

Histopathological examination

[21]

Callithrix penicillata^a

Primates, Callitrichidae

Brazil

Histopathological examination

[53]

Didelphis virginiana^a

Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae

USA

Morphological identification

[53]

Nasua narica^b

Carnivora, Procyonidae

Costa Rica

Histopathological examination and molecular analysis

[55]

Canis lupus familiaris

Carnivora, Canidae

Costa Rica

Histopathological examination and molecular analysis

[54]