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First report of Toxocara cati in the domestic land snail Rumina decollata

Overview of attention for article published in Revista Argentina de Microbiología, August 2016
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Title
First report of Toxocara cati in the domestic land snail Rumina decollata
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Revista Argentina de Microbiología, August 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.ram.2016.04.004
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Natalia Cardillo, Cintia Gonzalez Prous, Silvio Krivokapich, Mariana Pittaro, Mariano Ercole, Matías Perez, Mariana Pasqualetti, Fernando Fariña, Adriana Rosa, Graciana Gatti, Mabel Ribicich

Abstract

The prospective role of the land snail Rumina decollata as a potential paratenic host of Toxocara cati for domestic cats was studied. R. decollata specimens and cats' feces were collected from the open spaces of a Buenos Aires city hospital. Cats' feces were analyzed and snails were digested to identify T. cati stages, by morphological and molecular analyses. T. cati larval eggs were recovered from 23.5% (4/17) of the sampled feces. Twenty percent of snail pools (5/25) were confirmed to be positive for Toxocara spp. third larval stage (L3) by PCR. The mean value of total larvae recovered per gram of snail in all positive pools was 5.1, with a maximum 33 L3/pool. This is the first report of T. cati infective larvae in R. decollata domestic snail as a paratenic host, since the relationship between infection in snails and in cats' feces could be demonstrated in a common environment.

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Unknown 9 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 2 22%
Researcher 2 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 11%
Unspecified 1 11%
Student > Master 1 11%
Other 1 11%
Unknown 1 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 3 33%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 22%
Unspecified 1 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 11%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 1 11%
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#19,944,994
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Revista Argentina de Microbiología
#152
of 327 outputs
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#260,891
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Outputs of similar age from Revista Argentina de Microbiología
#6
of 12 outputs
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