Hidden threats in urban environments: Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Banda Aceh's cityscape
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F25%3A00641295" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/25:00641295 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/25:00142684 RIV/62157124:16170/25:43882759 RIV/62157124:16270/25:43882759
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013634" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013634</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013634" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pntd.0013634</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Hidden threats in urban environments: Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Banda Aceh's cityscape
Original language description
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a mollusk-borne parasitic nematode originating in Southeast Asia. Commonly known as the rat lungworm, it uses rats as definitive hosts, though other mammals, including humans, can be infected and typically suffer from neurological disorders. This study focuses on the parasite's presence in its gastropod intermediate hosts in several urban and rural areas in Aceh province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Samples of Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica (161) and Pomacea sp. (90) were collected in eight localities in Banda Aceh. Additionally, 531 edible freshwater snails belonging to the genus Sulcospira sp. from three different localities in Aceh province were obtained in wet markets. All samples were examined by LAMP and qPCR for the A. cantonensis DNA. No samples of Sulcospira sp. and Pomacea sp. tested positive. 13.4% of L. fulica tested positive, with the highest prevalence in urban areas of Banda Aceh. The ITS1 sequences obtained from positive samples using conventional PCR confirmed 100% identity with A. cantonensis. The present study confirms, for the first time, the presence of the zoonotic parasite A. cantonensis in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Notably, the handling and consumption of snails sold at wet markets do not appear to increase the risk of eosinophilic meningitis in this region. However, the relatively high prevalence of A. cantonensis in urban land snails underscores the need for continued vigilance and public health awareness.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40301 - Veterinary science
Result continuities
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
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
ISSN
1935-2735
e-ISSN
1935-2735
Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
e0013634
UT code for WoS article
001605815600006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105021065959