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| Title |
A survey of Angiostrongylus species in definitive hosts in Queensland
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.06.003 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mahdis Aghazadeh, Simon A Reid, Kieran V Aland, Angela Cadavid Restrepo, Rebecca J Traub, James S McCarthy, Malcolm K Jones |
| Abstract |
Despite the recent sporadic reports of angiostrongyliasis in humans, dogs and wildlife in eastern Australia there has been no systematic study to explore the epidemiology of Angiostrongylus spp. in definitive and intermediate hosts in the region. Little is known about the epidemiology of Angiostrongylus species in the definitive host in southeast Queensland, since the only survey conducted in this region was performed in the late 1960s. In this study, free-living populations of Rattus spp. were sampled and examined for the presence of adult and larval Angiostrongylus in the lungs, and of larvae in faeces. The prevalence of infection with Angiostrongylus spp. was 16.5% in Rattus spp. trapped in urban Brisbane and surrounds. This prevalence is much higher than estimates of earlier studies. This highlights the possible risk of zoonotic infection in children, dogs and wildlife in this region and indicates the necessity for public awareness as well as more detailed epidemiological studies on this parasite in eastern Australia. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Kenya | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 38 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 10% |
| Researcher | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 25% |
| Unknown | 10 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 20% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Linguistics | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 15% |
| Unknown | 15 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 August 2018.
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