Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Jan 2013)

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  • Fabio Ribeiro Braga,
  • Juliana Milani Araujo,
  • Jackson Victor de Araújo,
  • Filippe Elias de Freitas Soares,
  • Alexandre de Oliveira Tavela,
  • Luiza Neme Frassy,
  • Walter dos Santos Lima,
  • Lanuze Rose Mozzer

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 46, no. 1
pp. 108 – 110

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INTRODUCTION: Angiostrongylus vasorum is a nematode that parasitizes molluscs, dogs, and even man. METHODS: The objective was to evaluate the predatory activity of the conidia of two fungal isolates of Duddingtonia flagrans (AC001 and CG722) on first-stage larvae (L1) of A. vasorum in laboratory conditions. RESULTS: At the end of the experiment, there were significant reductions (pCONCLUSIONS: The two isolates of fungi were efficient in the capture and destruction of A. vasorum L1.

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