In the eastern Mediterranean, the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is absent or extremely rare according to recent surveys

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F25%3A00642108" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/25:00642108 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/25:00142682 RIV/60460709:41210/25:102438 RIV/62157124:16170/25:43882218

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-025-08580-3" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-025-08580-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-025-08580-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00436-025-08580-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

In the eastern Mediterranean, the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is absent or extremely rare according to recent surveys

Original language description

This study summarizes the findings of a comprehensive field investigation into the presence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a zoonotic nematode responsible for meningitis, in selected regions of the eastern Mediterranean. Samples were collected from intermediate hosts (gastropods), definitive hosts (rats), and potential paratenic hosts (reptiles) across Cyprus and the northern part of Egypt. Reptile and gastropod samples were analysed using a species-specific and highly sensitive LAMP assay, while rats were dissected and examined for adult nematodes in their pulmonary arteries. All samples from the surveyed localities tested negative for the parasite and its DNA. These findings led the authors to conclude that A. cantonensis is either absent or occurs at a very low prevalence in the areas studied in the eastern Mediterranean.

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

40301 - Veterinary science

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

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Parasitology Research

ISSN

0932-0113

e-ISSN

1432-1955

Volume of the periodical

124

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

127

UT code for WoS article

001612244800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105021200027