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The invasive giant African land snail, Achatina fulica (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): global geographical distribution of this species as host of nematodes of medical and veterinary importance

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G. M. Silva Open the ORCID record for G. M. Silva [Opens in a new window] ,
S. C. Thiengo Open the ORCID record for S. C. Thiengo [Opens in a new window] ,
V. L. Sierpe Jeraldo Open the ORCID record for V. L. Sierpe Jeraldo [Opens in a new window] ,
M. I. F. Rego Open the ORCID record for M. I. F. Rego [Opens in a new window] ,
A. B. P. Silva Open the ORCID record for A. B. P. Silva [Opens in a new window] ,
P. S. Rodrigues Open the ORCID record for P. S. Rodrigues [Opens in a new window]  and
S. R. Gomes Open the ORCID record for S. R. Gomes [Opens in a new window]
G. M. Silva
Affiliation:
Tiradentes University – UNIT, Graduate Program in Health and the Environment, Avenida Murilo Dantas, 300, Bairro Farolândia, 49032-490 Aracaju, SE, Brazil National Reference Laboratory for Schistosomiasis-Malacology: Oswaldo Cruz Institute – FIOCRUZ, Avenida Brazil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21.040-900, RJ, Brazil
S. C. Thiengo*
Affiliation:
National Reference Laboratory for Schistosomiasis-Malacology: Oswaldo Cruz Institute – FIOCRUZ, Avenida Brazil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21.040-900, RJ, Brazil
V. L. Sierpe Jeraldo
Affiliation:
Tiradentes University – UNIT, Graduate Program in Health and the Environment, Avenida Murilo Dantas, 300, Bairro Farolândia, 49032-490 Aracaju, SE, Brazil Laboratory of Infecious and Parasitic Diseases, Institute for Technology and Research – ITP, Avenida Murilo Dantas, 300, Prédio do ITP, Bairro Farolândia, 49032-490 Aracaju, SE, Brazil
M. I. F. Rego
Affiliation:
National Reference Laboratory for Schistosomiasis-Malacology: Oswaldo Cruz Institute – FIOCRUZ, Avenida Brazil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21.040-900, RJ, Brazil
A. B. P. Silva
Affiliation:
National Reference Laboratory for Schistosomiasis-Malacology: Oswaldo Cruz Institute – FIOCRUZ, Avenida Brazil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21.040-900, RJ, Brazil
P. S. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
National Reference Laboratory for Schistosomiasis-Malacology: Oswaldo Cruz Institute – FIOCRUZ, Avenida Brazil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21.040-900, RJ, Brazil
S. R. Gomes
Affiliation:
National Reference Laboratory for Schistosomiasis-Malacology: Oswaldo Cruz Institute – FIOCRUZ, Avenida Brazil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21.040-900, RJ, Brazil
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Author for correspondence: S.C. Thiengo, E-mail: scarvalhothiengo@gmail.com
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Abstract

The giant African land snail, Achatina fulica, is an important invasive species in many countries, where it causes losses in biodiversity and agriculture, as well as impacting the health of both humans and animals, as the intermediate host of medically important nematodes. The present study is based on a comprehensive review of the literature on the nematodes that have been found in association with A. fulica, worldwide. We searched a number of different databases and used the findings to investigate the methods used to extract and identify the nematodes, their larval stages, and environment and collecting procedures of the infected molluscs. Between 1965 and 2021, 11 nematode species were recorded in association with A. fulica in 21 countries. Most of the studies recorded associations between A. fulica and Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which causes cerebral angiostrongyliasis in humans and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, which provokes pneumonia in felines. The nematodes were extracted primarily by artificial digestion with hydrochloric acid or pepsin, and identified based on their morphology or through experimental infection to obtain the adult. In most cases, the nematodes were at larval stage L3, and the infected A. fulica were collected from anthropogenic environments. The results demonstrate the importance of A. fulica as a host of nematodes of medical and veterinary importance, as well the contribution of anthropogenic environments to the occurrence of the parasites, and give information about the different methods used to collect and identify the nematodes found associated with this species.

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Achatina fulicaLissachatinanematodesparasiteszoonoses

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 96 , 2022 , e86
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