| Author | Guerino, Laura Rocha | |
| Author | Pecora, Iracy Lea | |
| Author | Miranda, Marcel Sabino | |
| Author | Silva, Cryslaine Aguiar | |
| Author | Carvalho, Omar dos Santos | |
| Author | Caldeira, Roberta Lima | |
| Author | Silva, Reinaldo José da | |
| Access date | 2018-07-25T17:31:29Z | |
| Available date | 2018-07-25T17:31:29Z | |
| Document date | 2017 | |
| Citation | GUERINO, Laura Rocha et al. Prevalence and distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda, Angiostrongylidae) in Achatina fulica (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in Baixada Santista, São Paulo, Brazil. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop., v. 50, n. 1, p. 92-98, 2017. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0037-8682 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/27654 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Lagarta do rato | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Caracol Africano gigante | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Meningite eosinofílica | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | nematoides | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Parasitose emergente | pt_BR |
| Title | Prevalence and distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda, Angiostrongylidae) in Achatina fulica (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in Baixada Santista, São Paulo, Brazil | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | pt_BR |
| DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0316-2016 | |
| Abstract | INTRODUCTION:Angiostrongylus cantonensis is causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans. Worldwide expansion of this nematode is linked to the dispersion of their hosts. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of A. cantonensis infection in Achatina fulica in the nine municipalities that make up Baixada Santista, São Paulo, Brazil.
METHODS: Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae were analyzed using optical microscopy. We performed polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism using restriction endonuclease ClaI, directed to the internal transcribed spacer region 2 of A. cantonensis larval DNA.
RESULTS: Of the 540 snails analyzed, 117 (21.7%) were infected by A. cantonensis. For morphological and morphometric analyses, 60 larvae were used. Second-stage larvae were, on average, 358.2µm long and 26.4µm wide, while third-stage larvae were, on average, 450µm long and 21.12µm wide. The tails of the larvae ended in a fine tip.
CONCLUSIONS: All municipalities comprising Baixada Santista had A. fulica that were naturally infected with A. cantonensis. All of the observed characteristics were typical of the species. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Departamento de Parasitologia. Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres. Botucatu, SP, Brasil / Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Laboratório de Moluscos. São Vicente, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Laboratório de Moluscos. São Vicente, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Departamento de Biologia Animal. Laboratório de Malacologia. Campinas, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Departamento de Parasitologia. Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres. Botucatu, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Rat lungworm | pt_BR |
| Subject | Giant African snail | pt_BR |
| Subject | Eosinophilic meningitis | pt_BR |
| Subject | Nematode | pt_BR |
| Subject | Emerging parasitosis | pt_BR |
