TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prevalence of Paragonimus and <I>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</I> Infections in Snails in Southeastern China
AU - Chen, S.H. AU - Cheng, Y.Z. AU - Hou, J. AU - He, X.H. AU - Hong, Z.K. AU - Li, L.S. AU - Lin, G.H. AU - Chen, M.X. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 10
IS  - 19
SP  - 2599
EP  - 2602
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2011.2599.2602
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.2599.2602
KW  - Bellamya lithophaga
KW  -Semisulcospira libertine
KW  -angiostrongyliasis
KW  -Paragonimiasis
KW  -Tricula xiaoqiaoensis
KW  -Paragonimus skrjabini
KW  -Achatina fulica
AB  - Paragonimiasis and angiostrongyliasis are important food-borne parasitic diseases in a number of countries including China. Both diseases are transmitted by freshwater and terrestrial intermediate snail hosts. In the present investigation, we examined the prevalence of Paragonimus and <I>Angiostrongylus cantonensis </I>in the intermediate host snails in southeastern China&#146;s Fujian province where paragonimiasis and angiostrongyliasis are endemic. The prevalence of <I>P. westermani</I> cercariae in the stream-type snail <I>Semisulcospira libertine</I> found in the breeding grounds in Shouning county was 0.09% in the upstream and 0.56% in the downstream, respectively. For pit-ditch type, the prevalence of <I>P. westermani</I> cercariae was 0.19% and 0.82% in upstream and downstream, respectively. The snail <I>Tricula xiaoqiaoensis</I> was infected with <I>Paragonimus skrjabini</I> cercariae with prevalence of 0.33% in the pit-ditch type and 1.52% in the seepage type in Zhenghe county. Prevalence of <I>A. cantonensis </I>larvae in<I> Achatina fulica</I> in Nan&#146;an county in garbage stack, vegetable plot and crop land were 83.54, 39.53 and 19.23%, respectively. In Lianjiang county, prevalence of <I>A. cantonensis</I> larvae  in snails <I> Pila polita</I> in trench, paddy field, residential ditch, vegetable irrigation ditch and pond in the same river system were 4.08, 8.82, 75.34, 34.04 and 5.56%, respectively. The snail <I>Bellamya lithophaga</I> found in the western suburb of Fuzhou city was identified as the new intermediated host for <I> A. cantonensis</I> with a prevalence of 14.38%. Demonstration of prevalence of Paragonimus and<I> A. cantonensis </I> in wild snails in Fujian province poses substantial risk for future outbreaks of the two food-borne parasitic diseases.
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