Passage of Angiostrongylus cantonensis through the trophic web: an experimental study on reptiles
Jazyk angličtina Země Velká Británie, Anglie Médium print
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
39841034
PubMed Central
PMC12088917
DOI
10.1017/s0031182025000034
PII: S0031182025000034
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis, intermediesis, paratenic host, rat lungworm, reptiles,
- MeSH
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis * fyziologie MeSH
- hadi parazitologie MeSH
- infekce hlísticemi řádu Strongylida * parazitologie přenos veterinární MeSH
- ještěři * parazitologie MeSH
- krysa rodu Rattus MeSH
- larva fyziologie MeSH
- potkani Wistar MeSH
- potravní řetězec * MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- krysa rodu Rattus MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
The rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic metastrongyloid nematode, currently considered an emerging pathogen approaching Europe. In tropics and subtropics, it is an important food-borne neurotropic parasite of medical and veterinary importance. Sources of infection for mammals and birds include gastropod intermediate hosts and poikilothermic vertebrates (paratenic hosts). To evaluate the relevance of reptiles in the rat lungworm circulation, we performed an experimental series focused on long-term survival of third stage larvae (L3) of A. cantonensis in reptiles and potential of saurians to serve as a source of infection for further hosts. Twenty leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) were infected with varying doses of L3 (100, 1000, 10 000 larvae per animal). Live L3 were collected from all infected geckos (mostly in musculature and liver) euthanized 1-6 months after the infection and were proven to be infective for Wistar rats (definitive hosts). Three sacrificed geckos were subsequently fed to three corn snakes (Pantheropis guttatus) to test hypothesis of L3 infectivity for predators positioned higher in the food chain. Snakes were euthanized 1 month post-infection and live L3 were detected predominantly in the intestinal wall. The animals remained clinically healthy throughout the study. No reptiles showed significant changes in haematological and biochemical blood parameters, though elevated CK and GLDH were observed in most geckos in the group receiving higher infectious dose. This study highlights the significant potential of reptiles to play a crucial role in the circulation of metastrongyloid nematodes in food web and in their transmission to humans.
3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic
Department of Botany and Zoology Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
Department of Pathology and Parasitology University of Veterinary Sciences Brno Brno Czech Republic
Department of Veterinary Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czech Republic
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