Abdominal angiostrongyliasis in the Americas: fifty years since the discovery of a new metastrongylid species, Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Rojas, Alicia; Maldonado-Junior, Arnaldo; Mora, Javier; Morassutti, Alessandra; Rodriguez, Rubens; Solano-Barquero, Alberto; Tijerino, Anamariela; Vargas, Marianela; Graeff-Teixeira, Carlos

doi:10.1186/s13071-021-04875-3

Table 2 Mollusk species reported as Angiostrongylus costaricensis competent hosts based on morphological identification of the parasite

From: Abdominal angiostrongyliasis in the Americas: fifty years since the discovery of a new metastrongylid species, Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Host species	Family	Host type	Geographical location	Percentage of maximum prevalence reported in naturally infected samples (total sample)	Maximum parasitic L3 load reported in naturally infected samples	Type of infection reported in mollusks	References
Belocaulus angustipes^a	Veronicellidae	Land slug	Brazil	33.3 (24)	13	Natural	[68]
Biomphalaria glabrata^a	Planorbidae	Aquatic snail	Brazil	NNI	NNI	Experimental	[140]
Biomphalaria straminea^a	Planorbidae	Aquatic snail	Brazil	NNI	NNI	Experimental	[140]
Biomphalaria tenagophila^a	Planorbidae	Aquatic snail	Brazil	NNI	NNI	Experimental	[141]
Bradybaena similaris^b	Bradybaenidae	Land snail	Brazil	93.4 (91)	98	Natural	[61]
Cornu aspersum^b	Helicidae	Land snail	Brazil	4.7 (63)	ID	Natural	[68]
Deroceras laeve^b	Limacidae	Land slug	Brazil	0.1 (9)	1	Natural	[67]
Limax flavus^b	Limacidae	Land slug	Brazil	17 (12)	ID	Natural	[61]
Limax maximus^b	Limacidae	Land slug	Brazil	28 (143)	ID	Natural	[61]
Megalobulimus abbreviatus^a	Megalobulimidae	Land snail	Brazil	ID	ID	Natural	[61]
Meghimatium pictum^b	Philomycidae	Land slug	Brazil	4.5 (245)	8	Natural	[69]
Omalonyx spp. ^a	Succineidae	Semiaquatic slug	Brazil	NNI	NNI	Experimental	[72]
Phyllocaulis boraceiensis^a	Veronicellidae	Land slug	Brazil	NNI	NNI	Experimental	[46]
Phyllocaulis soleiformis^a	Veronicellidae	Land slug	Brazil	16.6 (6)	1	Natural	[68]
Phyllocaulis variegatus^a	Veronicellidae	Land slug	Brazil	28 (100)	75	Natural	[63]
Sarasinula linguaeformis^a	Veronicellidae	Land slug	Brazil	86 (50)	7720	Natural	[142]
Sarasinula plebeia^a	Veronicellidae	Land slug	Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador	69.3 (856)	4600	Natural	[9, 62, 70]
Veronicella cubensis (syn. V. occidentalis)^a	Veronicellidae	Land slug	Colombia	NNI	NNI	Experimental	[19]

NNI, no natural infection reported
ID, insufficient data
^aNative species
^bIntroduced species

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