Rat lungworm survives winter: experimental overwintering of <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> larvae in European slugs

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F23%3A00579803" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/23:00579803 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/rat-lungworm-survives-winter-experimental-overwintering-of-angiostrongylus-cantonensis-larvae-in-european-slugs/FA43055593E893D7E1B6BD2A4AACCC72#" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/rat-lungworm-survives-winter-experimental-overwintering-of-angiostrongylus-cantonensis-larvae-in-european-slugs/FA43055593E893D7E1B6BD2A4AACCC72#</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Rat lungworm survives winter: experimental overwintering of <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> larvae in European slugs

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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 & 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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Rat lungworm survives winter: experimental overwintering of <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> larvae in European slugs

Popis výsledku anglicky

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 & 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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

40301 - Veterinary science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Parasitology

ISSN

0031-1820

e-ISSN

1469-8161

Svazek periodika

150

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

10

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

950-955

Kód UT WoS článku

001073488600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85169807762