Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Abstract

The Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode Metastrongylid living inside branches of the mesenteric artery in rodents and Veronicellid slugs and terrestrial molluscs are the intermediate host. Human accidental infection may result in the disease named abdominal angiostrongyliasis. The main of paper was related about the morphological characters of the parasite, life cycle and its importance as zoonosis.