Geographical site |
Definitive host known |
first record of larvae |
Intermediate host |
Larval identification methodology |
References |
Havana, Cuba |
Yes |
1977 |
Veronicella cubensis (Pfeiffer 1840) B. similaris
|
Morphological-experimentation |
45
45. Aguiar PH, Morera P, Pascual JE. First record of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Cuba. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1981; 30(5): 963-5.
|
|
2015 |
A. fulica
|
Morphological |
53
53. Vazquez-Silva G, Castro-Barrera T, Mejia J, Mendoza-Martinez G. Los caracoles del genero Pomacea y su importancia ecologica y socioeconomica. Contacto. 2011; 81: 28-33.
|
Puerto Rico |
Yes |
1984 |
S. octona
|
Morphological-experimentation |
46
46. Anderson E, Gubler DJ, Sorenson K, Beddard J, Ash LR. First report of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Puerto Rico. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1986; 35(2): 319-22.
|
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Yes |
1991 |
S. octona
|
Morphological |
54
54. Vargas M, Gómez-Pérez J, Malek E. First record of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen 1935) (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in the Dominican Republic. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1992; 43(4): 253-5.
|
Jamaica |
Yes |
2000 |
Thelidomus aspera (Férrusac 1821) |
Morphological |
55
55. Lindo J, Waugh C, Hall J, Cunningham-Myrie C, Ashley D, Eberhard M. Enzootic Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats and snails after outbreak of human eosinophilic meningitis in Jamaica. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002; 8(3): 324-6.
|
|
2013 |
Pleurodonte sp. Sagda sp. Poteria sp. |
Morphological |
56
56. Robinson R, Waugh C, Todd C, Lorenzo-Morales J, Lindo J. Rat lungworm: an emerging zoonosis in Jamaica. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2013; 72(6): 33.
|
Espírito Santo, Brazil |
Yes |
2007 |
S. octona
A. fulica
B. similaris
|
Molecular PCR-RFLP (ITS2/ClaI enzyme) |
57
57. Caldeira RL, Mendonça CLGF, Goveia CO, Lenzi HL, Graeff-Teixeira C, Lima WS, et al. First record of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2007; 102(7): 887-9.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010 |
S. linguaeformis
|
Molecular PCR-RFLP (ITS2/ClaI enzyme) |
13
13. Carvalho OS, Scholte RGC, de Mendonça CLF, Passos LKJ, Caldeira RL. Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2012; 107(6): 740-6.
|
São Paulo, Brazil |
Yes |
2007 |
A. fulica
S. octona
|
Molecular PCR-RFLP (ITS2/ClaI enzyme) |
57
57. Caldeira RL, Mendonça CLGF, Goveia CO, Lenzi HL, Graeff-Teixeira C, Lima WS, et al. First record of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2007; 102(7): 887-9.
|
|
2009 |
S. linguaeformis
|
13
13. Carvalho OS, Scholte RGC, de Mendonça CLF, Passos LKJ, Caldeira RL. Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2012; 107(6): 740-6.
|
|
2011 |
B. similaris
|
|
Paraná, Brazil |
No |
2008 |
A. fulica
|
Molecular PCR-RFLP (ITS2/ClaI enzyme) |
13
13. Carvalho OS, Scholte RGC, de Mendonça CLF, Passos LKJ, Caldeira RL. Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2012; 107(6): 740-6.
|
Bahia, Brazil |
No |
2009 |
A. fulica
B. similaris
S. octona
S. linguaeformis
|
Molecular PCR-RFLP (ITS2/ClaI enzyme) |
13
13. Carvalho OS, Scholte RGC, de Mendonça CLF, Passos LKJ, Caldeira RL. Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2012; 107(6): 740-6.
|
Pernambuco, Brazil |
No |
2008 |
A. fulica
P. lineata
|
Morphological-molecular PCR- RFLP(ITS2/ClaI enzyme) |
58
58. Thiengo SC, Maldonado Jr A, Mota E, Torres E, Caldeira R, Carvalho OS, et al. The giant African snail Achatina fulica as natural intermediate host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. Acta Trop. 2010; 115(3): 194-9.
|
Pará, Brazil |
Yes |
2009 |
A. fulica
S. octona
|
Molecular PCR (COI), PCR-RFLP(ITS2/ClaI enzyme) |
59
59. Moreira VL, Giese EG, Melo FT, Thiengo SC, Maldonado Jr A, et al. Endemic angiostrongyliasis in the Brazilian Amazon: natural parasitism of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus, and sympatric giant African land snails, Achatina fulica. Acta Trop. 2013; 125(1): 90-7.
|
|
2010 |
S. linguaeformis
|
13
13. Carvalho OS, Scholte RGC, de Mendonça CLF, Passos LKJ, Caldeira RL. Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2012; 107(6): 740-6.
|
Santa Catarina, Brazil |
No |
2009 |
B. similaris
|
Molecular PCR-RFLP (ITS2/ClaI enzyme) |
13
13. Carvalho OS, Scholte RGC, de Mendonça CLF, Passos LKJ, Caldeira RL. Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2012; 107(6): 740-6.
|
2010 |
A. fulica
|
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Yes |
2010 |
A. fulica
|
Morphological-experimentation |
47
47. Maldonado Jr A, Simões RO, Oliveira APM, Motta EM, Fernandez MA, Pereira ZM, et al. First report of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in Achatina fulica (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Southeast and South Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2010; 105(7): 938-41.
|
Amazonas, Brazil |
No |
2014 |
A. fulica
|
Morphological |
60
60. Morassutti AL, Thiengo SC, Fernandez M, Sawanyawisuth K, Graeff-Teixeira C. Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis: an emergent disease in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2014; 109(4): 399-407.
|
Sergipe, Brazil |
No |
2016 |
A. fulicaCyclodontina fasciata (Potiez & Michaud 1838) Bulimulus tenuissimus (d’Orbigny 1835) |
Molecular PCR (COI) |
61
61. Ramos-de-Souza J, Thiengo SC, Fernandez M, Gomes SR, Corrêa-Antônio J, Clímaco MC, et al. First records of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Sergipe State, Northeastern Brazil, including new global records of natural intermediate hosts. Rev Inst Med Trop São Paulo. 2018; 60(51): 1-7.
|
Guayas, Ecuador |
Yes |
2008 |
A. fulica
P. lineata
|
Morphological-experimentation |
41
41. Robles LM, Contreras AJD. Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Emergencia en América. In: LM Robles, AJD Contreras. Ecuador: Academia; 2016. p. 1-289.
|
Louisiana, USA |
Yes |
2013 |
P. maculata
|
Molecular PCR(18S) |
62
62. Teem J, Qvarnstrom Y, Bishop H, da Silva A, Carter J, White-Mclean J, et al. The occurrence of the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, in nonindigenous snails in the Gulf of Mexico region of the United States. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2013; 72(6): 11-4.
|
Florida, USA |
Yes |
2013 |
A. fulica
|
Molecular qPCR (ITS1) |
63
63. Iwanowicz D, Sanders L, Schill W, Xayavong M, da Silva A, Qvarnstrom I, et al. Spread of the rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in giant African land snails (Lissachatina fulica) in Florida, USA. J Wildl Dis. 2015; 51(3): 749-53.
|
|
2015 |
Alcadia striata (Lamarck 1822) B. similaris Zachrysia provisoria (Pfeiffer 1858) |
Molecular qPCR (ITS1) |
51
51. Stockdale-Walden HD, Slapcinsky JD, Qvarnstrom Y, McIntosh, A. Angiostrongylus cantonensis in introduced gastropods in Southern Florida. J Parasitol. 2015; 101(2): 156-9.
|
|
2017 |
Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer 1846) Succinea floridana Pilsbry 1905 Ventridens demissus (Binney 1843) Zonitoides arboreus (Say 1816) |
Molecular qPCR (ITS1) |
43
43. Stockdale-Walden HD, Slapcinsky JD, Roff S, Calle JM, Goodwin ZD, Stern J, et al. Geographic distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in wild rats (Rattus rattus) and terrestrial snails in Florida, USA. PLoS One. 2017: 1-13.
|
Colombia |
No |
2014 |
A. fulica
|
Morphological |
64
64. Heredia N, Ávila A, Velásquez L. Cultivo in vitro de larvas L3 de nematodos obtenidas del caracol gigante africano Lissachatina fulica (Mollusca: Gastropoda) en Santa Fe de Antioquia. Biomedica. 2018; 38(2): 1.
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