Rat lungworm survives winter: experimental overwintering of Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae in European slugs

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F23%3A00132109" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/23:00132109 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41210/23:96596 RIV/62157124:16170/23:43881031

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023000781" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023000781</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023000781" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0031182023000781</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Rat lungworm survives winter: experimental overwintering of Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae in European slugs

Original language description

The rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a metastrongyloid nematode that causes neurological disorders in its accidental hosts, including humans. This invasive pathogen is native to Southeast Asia and adjacent regions and is gradually expanding its distribution to tropical and subtropical areas with new foci discovered near temperate regions. The parasite has a complex life cycle with a range of gastropods serving as intermediate hosts. A broad spectrum of poikilotherm vertebrates and invertebrates can serve as paratenic hosts. Since it has already been demonstrated that other, non-zoonotic metastrongyloids can survive in their intermediate hosts during the winter, the aim of our study was to evaluate the survival of A. cantonensis third-stage larvae in experimentally infected slugs (Limax maximus) kept at 4.5-7 &amp; DEG;C for 60 days. Third-stage larvae of A. cantonensis survived the period of low temperature and remained capable of infecting definitive hosts (laboratory rats) afterwards, even though their numbers dropped significantly. These results suggest that further spread to higher latitudes or altitudes is possible in areas with sufficient abundance of definitive hosts, since low winter temperatures are not necessarily an obstacle to the spread of the parasite.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30310 - Parasitology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA22-26136S" target="_blank" >GA22-26136S: Ongoing global invasion of zoonotic parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis: an assessment of risks of its emergence in Europe</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Parasitology

ISSN

0031-1820

e-ISSN

1469-8161

Volume of the periodical

150

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

950-955

UT code for WoS article

001073488600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85169807762