Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina

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Valentea, Romina; Diaz, Julia Inés; Salomón, Oscar Daniel; Navone, Graciela Teresa
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2017
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The giant African snail Achatina fulica is an invasive mollusk native to Africa, the first record in Argentina was in Puerto Iguazú, in northeastern Argentina in 2010. Recently it was reported in Corrientes Province. This snail can act as an intermediate host of Metastrongyloidea nematodes of importance in public health as: Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Angiostrongylus costaricensis and Angiostrongylus vasorum. Taking into account the presence of A. fulica in Argentina, the objectives of this study is to assess the presence of Metastrongyloidea nematodes in this mollusk species in Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, close to the international border with Brazil and Paraguay. A total of 451 samples were collected from February 2014 to November 2015. The snails were processed using a digestion technique to recover the parasites. A total of 206 nematodes larvae were founded in the digestion solution of 10 hosts (P = 2%; MA = 0.5; MI = 21). Third larval stage (L3) nematodes identified as Aelurostrongylus abstrusus were founded parasitizing the snails. No other larval stage was observed. This species has veterinary importance because it causes ‘aelurostrongilosis’, also known as feline strongyloidosis. This study constitutes the first record of a Metastrongyloidea nematode in A. fulica in Argentina and also highlights the susceptibility of this mollusk as intermediate host of other helminthes of health importance. The present study suggests that there is a need to establish an epidemiological monitoring system in order to prevent the possible installation of an infected mollusks focus.
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores
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Ciencias Naturales
Puerto Iguazú
Achatina fulica
Intermediate host
Metastrongyloidea
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Aelurostrongilosis
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spelling Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from ArgentinaValentea, RominaDiaz, Julia InésSalomón, Oscar DanielNavone, Graciela TeresaCiencias NaturalesPuerto IguazúAchatina fulicaIntermediate hostMetastrongyloideaAelurostrongylus abstrususAelurostrongilosisThe giant African snail <i>Achatina fulica</i> is an invasive mollusk native to Africa, the first record in Argentina was in Puerto Iguazú, in northeastern Argentina in 2010. Recently it was reported in Corrientes Province. This snail can act as an intermediate host of Metastrongyloidea nematodes of importance in public health as: <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Angiostrongylus costaricensis</i> and <i>Angiostrongylus vasorum</i>. Taking into account the presence of <i>A. fulica</i> in Argentina, the objectives of this study is to assess the presence of Metastrongyloidea nematodes in this mollusk species in Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, close to the international border with Brazil and Paraguay. A total of 451 samples were collected from February 2014 to November 2015. The snails were processed using a digestion technique to recover the parasites. A total of 206 nematodes larvae were founded in the digestion solution of 10 hosts (P = 2%; MA = 0.5; MI = 21). Third larval stage (L3) nematodes identified as <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> were founded parasitizing the snails. No other larval stage was observed. This species has veterinary importance because it causes ‘aelurostrongilosis’, also known as feline strongyloidosis. This study constitutes the first record of a Metastrongyloidea nematode in <i>A. fulica</i> in Argentina and also highlights the susceptibility of this mollusk as intermediate host of other helminthes of health importance. The present study suggests that there is a need to establish an epidemiological monitoring system in order to prevent the possible installation of an infected mollusks focus.Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores2017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf1-3http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104817enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0304-4017info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.01.006info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-03T10:55:07Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/104817Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-03 10:55:07.322SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina
title Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina
spellingShingle Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina
Valentea, Romina
Ciencias Naturales
Puerto Iguazú
Achatina fulica
Intermediate host
Metastrongyloidea
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Aelurostrongilosis
title_short Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina
title_full Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina
title_fullStr Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina
title_sort Natural infection of the feline lungworm <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Valentea, Romina
Diaz, Julia Inés
Salomón, Oscar Daniel
Navone, Graciela Teresa
author Valentea, Romina
author_facet Valentea, Romina
Diaz, Julia Inés
Salomón, Oscar Daniel
Navone, Graciela Teresa
author_role author
author2 Diaz, Julia Inés
Salomón, Oscar Daniel
Navone, Graciela Teresa
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Naturales
Puerto Iguazú
Achatina fulica
Intermediate host
Metastrongyloidea
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Aelurostrongilosis
topic Ciencias Naturales
Puerto Iguazú
Achatina fulica
Intermediate host
Metastrongyloidea
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Aelurostrongilosis
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The giant African snail <i>Achatina fulica</i> is an invasive mollusk native to Africa, the first record in Argentina was in Puerto Iguazú, in northeastern Argentina in 2010. Recently it was reported in Corrientes Province. This snail can act as an intermediate host of Metastrongyloidea nematodes of importance in public health as: <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Angiostrongylus costaricensis</i> and <i>Angiostrongylus vasorum</i>. Taking into account the presence of <i>A. fulica</i> in Argentina, the objectives of this study is to assess the presence of Metastrongyloidea nematodes in this mollusk species in Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, close to the international border with Brazil and Paraguay. A total of 451 samples were collected from February 2014 to November 2015. The snails were processed using a digestion technique to recover the parasites. A total of 206 nematodes larvae were founded in the digestion solution of 10 hosts (P = 2%; MA = 0.5; MI = 21). Third larval stage (L3) nematodes identified as <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> were founded parasitizing the snails. No other larval stage was observed. This species has veterinary importance because it causes ‘aelurostrongilosis’, also known as feline strongyloidosis. This study constitutes the first record of a Metastrongyloidea nematode in <i>A. fulica</i> in Argentina and also highlights the susceptibility of this mollusk as intermediate host of other helminthes of health importance. The present study suggests that there is a need to establish an epidemiological monitoring system in order to prevent the possible installation of an infected mollusks focus.
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores
description The giant African snail <i>Achatina fulica</i> is an invasive mollusk native to Africa, the first record in Argentina was in Puerto Iguazú, in northeastern Argentina in 2010. Recently it was reported in Corrientes Province. This snail can act as an intermediate host of Metastrongyloidea nematodes of importance in public health as: <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Angiostrongylus costaricensis</i> and <i>Angiostrongylus vasorum</i>. Taking into account the presence of <i>A. fulica</i> in Argentina, the objectives of this study is to assess the presence of Metastrongyloidea nematodes in this mollusk species in Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, close to the international border with Brazil and Paraguay. A total of 451 samples were collected from February 2014 to November 2015. The snails were processed using a digestion technique to recover the parasites. A total of 206 nematodes larvae were founded in the digestion solution of 10 hosts (P = 2%; MA = 0.5; MI = 21). Third larval stage (L3) nematodes identified as <i>Aelurostrongylus abstrusus</i> were founded parasitizing the snails. No other larval stage was observed. This species has veterinary importance because it causes ‘aelurostrongilosis’, also known as feline strongyloidosis. This study constitutes the first record of a Metastrongyloidea nematode in <i>A. fulica</i> in Argentina and also highlights the susceptibility of this mollusk as intermediate host of other helminthes of health importance. The present study suggests that there is a need to establish an epidemiological monitoring system in order to prevent the possible installation of an infected mollusks focus.
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