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| Title |
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil
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| Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0074-02762012000600006 |
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| Authors |
Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte, Cristiane Lafeta Furtado de Mendonça, Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos, Roberta Lima Caldeira |
| Abstract |
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common aetiological agent of human eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. Following a report indicating the presence of this parasite in Brazil in 2007, the present study was undertaken to investigate the presence of A. cantonensis in the surrounding Brazilian port areas. In total, 30 ports were investigated and the following molluscs were identified: Achatina fulica, Belocaulus sp., Bradybaena similaris sp., Cyclodontina sp., Helix sp., Leptinaria sp., Melampus sp., Melanoides tuberculata, Phyllocaulis sp., Pomacea sp., Pseudoxychona sp., Rhinus sp., Sarasinula marginata, Streptaxis sp., Subulina octona, Succinea sp., Tomigerus sp., Wayampia sp. and specimens belonging to Limacidae and Orthalicinae. Digestion and sedimentation processes were performed and the sediments were examined. DNA was extracted from the obtained larvae and the internal transcribed spacer region 2 was analysed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism after digestion with the endonuclease ClaI. Of the 30 ports investigated in this study, 11 contained molluscs infected with A. cantonensis larvae. The set of infected species consisted of S. octona, S. marginata, A. fulica and B. similaris. A total of 36.6% of the investigated ports were positive for A. cantonensis, indicating a wide distribution of this worm. It remains uncertain when and how A. cantonensis was introduced into South America. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 51 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 14% |
| Researcher | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 10% |
| Professor | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 25% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 31% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 8% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 12 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
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