کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2055190 1075733 2015 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A survey of Angiostrongylus species in definitive hosts in Queensland
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
بررسی گونه های Angiostrongylus در میزبان قطعی در کوئینزلند
کلمات کلیدی
Angiostrongylus cantonensis؛ Angiostrongylus mackerrasae؛ lungworm موش صحرایی؛ استرالیا؛ Rattus rattus؛ جنوب شرقی کوئینزلند
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
چکیده انگلیسی


• The prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in urban populations of feral rats in Southeast Queensland was 16.5%.
• A seasonal pattern was observed for the occurrence of Angiostrongylus infection in Rattus spp.
• Angiostrongylus spp. was not found in Rattus spp. of North Queensland.

Despite the recent sporadic reports of angiostrongyliasis in humans, dogs and wildlife in eastern Australia there has been no systematic study to explore the epidemiology of Angiostrongylus spp. in definitive and intermediate hosts in the region. Little is known about the epidemiology of Angiostrongylus species in the definitive host in southeast Queensland, since the only survey conducted in this region was performed in the late 1960s. In this study, free-living populations of Rattus spp. were sampled and examined for the presence of adult and larval Angiostrongylus in the lungs, and of larvae in faeces. The prevalence of infection with Angiostrongylus spp. was 16.5% in Rattus spp. trapped in urban Brisbane and surrounds. This prevalence is much higher than estimates of earlier studies. This highlights the possible risk of zoonotic infection in children, dogs and wildlife in this region and indicates the necessity for public awareness as well as more detailed epidemiological studies on this parasite in eastern Australia.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife - Volume 4, Issue 3, December 2015, Pages 323–328
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