Title |
First report of Toxocara cati in the domestic land snail Rumina decollata
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Published in |
Revista Argentina de Microbiología, August 2016
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DOI | 10.1016/j.ram.2016.04.004 |
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Authors |
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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