Redigerer Angiostrongylus vasorum (avsnitt)

== Vertene ==
De naturlige mellomvertene av ''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' er land snegler og ferskvannssnegler.<ref name="Barçante2003-2">{{Cite journal|last=Barçante|first=Thales Augusto|title=''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' (Baillet, 1866) Kamensky, 1905: emergence of third-stage larvae from infected ''Biomphalaria glabrata'' snails|pages=471–475}}</ref> ''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' er ikke vertsspesifikk i sin mellomliggende vert.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Boray|first=JC|title=The role of the relative susceptibility of snails to infection with helminths and of the adaptation of the parasites in the epidemiology of some helminthic diseases.|pages=125–7|url=https://archive.org/stream/malacologia141973inst#page/124/mode/2up}}</ref>

* ''[[Svartskogsnegl|Arion ater]]'' - naturlig vert<ref name="Conboy2000-3">Conboy G. A. (30 May 2000) [http://www.ivis.org/advances/Parasit_Bowman/conboy_angiostrongylosis/ivis.pdf "Canine Angiostrongylosis (French Heartworm)"]. </ref>

De naturlige hovedvertene er [[Tamhund|tamhunder]]<ref name="Barçante2003-4">{{Cite journal|last1=Barçante|first1=Thales Augusto|last2=Barçante|first2=Joziana Muniz de Paiva|last3=Dias|first3=Sílvia Regina Costa|last4=Lima|first4=Walter dos Santos|title=''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' (Baillet, 1866) Kamensky, 1905: emergence of third-stage larvae from infected ''Biomphalaria glabrata'' snails|journal=Parasitology Research|date=1. desember 2003|volume=91|issue=6|pages=471–475|doi=10.1007/s00436-003-1000-9|pmid=14557873}}<cite class="citation journal cs1" data-ve-ignore="true" id="CITEREFBarçanteBarçanteDiasLima2003">Barçante, Thales Augusto; Barçante, Joziana Muniz de Paiva; Dias, Sílvia Regina Costa; Lima, Walter dos Santos (1 December 2003). </cite></ref> og diverse annet [[Kjøtteter|rovdyr]] som:<ref name="Jefferies2009-4">{{Cite journal|last1=Jefferies|first1=R.|last2=Shaw|first2=S. E.|last3=Viney|first3=M. E.|last4=Morgan|first4=E. R.|title=''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' from South America and Europe represent distinct lineages|journal=Parasitology|volume=136|issue=1|pages=107–115|doi=10.1017/s0031182008005258|pmid=19126274}}</ref>

* [[Rødrev]], ''Vulpes vulpes''<ref name="Bourque2002-6">{{Cite journal|pmid=12497965|pmc=339763}}</ref>
* [[Pampasrev]], ''Pseudalopex gymnocerus''
* [[Hoaryrev]], ''Pseudalopex vetulus''
* [[Krabberev]], ''Dusicyon thous''
* [[Ulv]], ''Canis lupus''
* [[Prærieulv]], ''Canis latrans''
* [[Fennek]], ''Fennecus zerda''<ref name="Conboy2000-6">Conboy G. A. (30 May 2000) [http://www.ivis.org/advances/Parasit_Bowman/conboy_angiostrongylosis/ivis.pdf "Canine Angiostrongylosis (French Heartworm)"]. </ref>
* [[Grevling|Europeisk grevling]], ''Meles meles''<ref>{{Cite journal|pmid=11355672|doi=10.1007/s004360000316}}</ref>

Naturlige parateniske verter kan være frosker, øgler, mus og rotter.<ref name="Barçante2003-7">{{Cite journal|last1=Barçante|first1=Thales Augusto|last2=Barçante|first2=Joziana Muniz de Paiva|last3=Dias|first3=Sílvia Regina Costa|last4=Lima|first4=Walter dos Santos|title=''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' (Baillet, 1866) Kamensky, 1905: emergence of third-stage larvae from infected ''Biomphalaria glabrata'' snails|journal=Parasitology Research|date=1. desember 2003|volume=91|issue=6|pages=471–475|doi=10.1007/s00436-003-1000-9|pmid=14557873}}<cite class="citation journal cs1" data-ve-ignore="true" id="CITEREFBarçanteBarçanteDiasLima2003">Barçante, Thales Augusto; Barçante, Joziana Muniz de Paiva; Dias, Sílvia Regina Costa; Lima, Walter dos Santos (1 December 2003). </cite></ref>