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. 2018 Mar;113(3):143–152. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760170226

TABLE II. Reports of Angiostrongylus in the Americas, showing date of first report of adult parasite in chronological order, definitive hosts, and date of the first disease record in each geographical site. Numbers correspond to the references in Fig. 2 .

Nematode species Reference in map First record of adult parasite Definitive host First record disease Accidental host Geographical site Literature consulted
Angiostrongylus costaricensis 1 1971 Rattus norvergicus 1971 Homo sapiens Costa Rica* Morera and Cespedes (1971)
Sigmodon hispidus Monge et al. (1978)
Rattus rattus Alfaro-Alarcon et al. (2015)
Nasua narica
Canis familiaris
2 1971 S. hispidus 1971 Aotus Florida, USA Ubelaker and Hall (1979)
Didelphis virginiana nancymaae
Procyon lotor
Symphalangus
syndactylusb
3 1973 S. hispidus 1973 H. sapiens Panama* Kaminsky (1996)
R. rattus
Liomys adspersus
Oligoryzomys
fulvescensc
Zygodontomys
brevicaudad
4 - 1975 H. sapiens São Paulo, Brazil Zilliota Jr et al. (1975)
5 - 1980 H. sapiens Brasilia, Brazil Agostini et al. (1984)
6 - 1982 H. sapiens Paraná, Brazil Ayala (1987)
7 1979 S. hispidus 1994 H. sapiens Texas, USA Miller et al. (2006)
8 1981 S. hispidus 1981 H. sapiens Colombia* Malek (1981)
Melanomys
caliginosuse
9 1982 Saguinus mystax 1982 - Peru* Sly et al. (1982)
10 - 1982 H. sapiens Tucumán, Argentina Demo and Pessat (1986)
11 1983 R. rattus 1983 H. sapiens Ecuador* Kaminsky (1996)
R. norvergicus
12 1985 Proechimys sp. 1985 H. sapiens Venezuela* Kaminsky (1996)
13 1990 0. nigripes 1983 H. sapiens Rio Grande do Sul, Agostini et al. (1984)
Sooretamys angouyaf Brazil Graeff-Teixeira et al. (1990)
14 - 1987 H. sapiens Santa Catarina, Brazil Ayala (1987)
15 - 1991 H. sapiens Minas Gerais, Brazil Rocha et al. (1991)
Angiostrongylus costaricensis 16 1991 S. hispidus 1991 H. sapiens Nicaragua* Duarte et al. (1991)
17 1992 S. hispidus 1992 H. sapiens El Salvador* Kaminsky (1996)
18 1992 R. rattus 1992 H. sapiens Republica Dominicana* Maldonado Jr et al. (2012)
R. norvergicus
19 1992 R. rattus 1992 H. sapiens Puerto Rico* Maldonado Jr et al. (2012)
R. norvegicus
20 1992 R. rattus 1992 H. sapiens Guadalupe* Kaminsky (1996)
R. norvergicus
21 1994 S. hispidus 1994 H. sapiens Guatemala* Kaminsky (1996)
22 - 1995 H. sapiens Espírito Santo, Brazil Pena et al. (1995)
23 1996 S. hispidus Peromyscus spp. 1972 H. sapiens Valle de Yegüare, Honduras Zuñiga et al. (1983) Kaminsky (1996)
Mus musculus
24 2008 Akodon montensis - - Misiones, Argentina Robles et al. (2016)
*

the exact locality were not provided. Registered as b: Hylobates syndactylus; c: Oryzomys fulvescens; d. Zygodontomys microtinus; e: Oryzomys caliginosus; f. Oryzomus ratticeps.