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ArticleParasitology research2021

Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infections in native terrestrial gastropods from the Macaronesian Archipelago of Spain.

Lisa Segeritz, Alejandro Cardona, Anja Taubert, Carlos Hermosilla, Antonio Ruiz

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Article in Parasitology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lisa SegeritzInstitute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg (BFS), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany. Lisa.C.Segeritz@vetmed.uni-giessen.de.
Alejandro CardonaParasitology Laboratory Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain.
Anja TaubertInstitute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg (BFS), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
Carlos HermosillaInstitute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg (BFS), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
Antonio RuizParasitology Laboratory Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain.
University of Giessen · DEUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of zoonotic relevant Angiostrongylus cantonensis infections has recently been reported in rat final hosts and gastropod intermediate hosts in Tenerife, Spain. However, data on A. cantonensis, Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus prevalences in endemic gastropods for other islands of the Macaronesian Archipelago are still missing. In order to fill this gap, we conducted an epidemiological study on terrestrial native slug (Plutonia lamarckii) and snail (Cornu aspersum, Theba pisana, Rumina decollata) species in 27 selected locations of Tenerife, Gran Canaria, El Hierro, Lanzarote, La Palma and Fuerteventura. Overall, 131 terrestrial gastropods were collected in winter/spring season 2018/2019 and examined for the presence of metastrongyloid lungworm larvae via artificial digestion. The current data revealed a total prevalence of 4.6% for A. vasorum, 3.8% for A. abstrusus and 0.8% for A. cantonensis. In Tenerife, three lungworm species were detected, thereby re-confirming A. cantonensis endemicity for this island. Prevalences of snails (C. aspersum) originating from El Hierro were 5% for A. abstrusus and 15% for A. vasorum, respectively, with larval burdens up to 290 larvae per specimen. This epidemiological study indicates the presence of human, canine and feline lungworm species in Macaronesia, Spain. The current data-particularly those on anthropozoonotic A. cantonensis-call for a regular large-scale monitoring on intermediate hosts, paratenic hosts and definitive hosts to prevent further spread of lungworm-related diseases in humans and animals.

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AngiostrongylusAngiostrongylus cantonensisAnimalsCat DiseasesCatsDog DiseasesDogsGastropodaHumansIslandsMetastrongyloideaPrevalenceRatsSeasonsSpainStrongylida InfectionsAelurostronglyus abstrususAngiostrongylus cantonensisAngiostrongylus vasorumGastropod-borne diseaseLungworm infectionsMetastrongyloid nematodes

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