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| Title |
First records of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Sergipe State, Northeastern Brazil, including new global records of natural intermediate hosts
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| Published in |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, September 2018
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| DOI | 10.1590/s1678-9946201860051 |
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| Authors |
Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Silvana Carvalho Thiengo, Monica Ammon Fernandez, Suzete Rodrigues Gomes, Jéssica Corrêa-Antônio, Marianna de Carvalho Clímaco, Juberlan Silva Garcia, Arnaldo Maldonado-Junior, Luciene Barbosa, Silvio Santana Dolabella |
| Abstract |
Human neural angiostrongyliasis is an emerging infectious disease caused by nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The present study investigated the presence of Angiostrongylus spp. in terrestrial molluscs collected from the following areas in the Metropolitan Region of Aracaju, Sergipe State, Brazil: Barra dos Coqueiros, Nossa Senhora do Socorro, Sao Cristovao and Aracaju. In total, 703 specimens representing 13 mollusc species were screened for Angiostrongylus spp. Larvae of Angiostrongylus spp. were found in three species. Larvae recovered from Achatina fulica were used for experimental infection in Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus). For specific identification of nematodes, the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) was sequenced from both larvae and adults recovered from molluscs and rats, respectively. Infection with A. cantonensis was detected in all municipalities and in the following three host species: Bulimulus tenuissimus, Cyclodontina fasciata (Barra dos Coqueiros), and A. fulica (Aracaju, Nossa Senhora do Socorro and Sao Cristovao). Co-infections were also found with Caenorhabditis sp. and Strongyluris sp. larvae. This is the first study of the helminth fauna associated with the terrestrial malacofauna in Sergipe State, and confirms that these three snail species are involved in the transmission of A. cantonensis in the state. In addition, B. tenuissimus and C. fasciata are newly reported natural hosts of the parasite. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 3 | 50% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 17% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 37 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 16 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 11% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 18 | 49% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 22 October 2018.
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