Elucidating the spread of the emerging canid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum between Palaearctic and Nearctic ecozones

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-568

  Jefferies, R ^a   Shaw, S E ^a   Willesen, J ^b   Viney, M E ^a   Morgan, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus vasorum; Canis; Dog; Emerging disease; Fox; Mitochondrial; Nearctic; Nematode; Palaearctic; Parasite; Phylogeography; Population; Vulpes

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE SUBUNIT 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FOX; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NEARCTIC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEARCTIC; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; CANADA; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOXES; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77951978830     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Aubry K., Statham M., Sacks B., Perrines J., Wisely S. Phylogeography of the North American red fox: vicariance in Pleistocene forest refugia. Mol. Ecol. 2009, 18. pp. 2668-2286.
2. Bandelt H.-J., Forster P., Röhl A. Median-joining networks for inferring intraspecific phylogenies. Mol. Biol. Evol. 1999, 16:37-148.
3. Blouin M.S. Molecular prospecting for cryptic species of nematodes: mitochondrial DNA versus internal transcribed spacer. Int. J. Parasitol. 2002, 32:527-531.
4. Bolt G., Monrad J., Koch J., Jensen A.L. Canine angiostrongylosis: a review. Vet. Rec. 1994, 135:447-452.
5. Bourque A., Whitney H., Conboy G. Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a coyote (Canis latrans) from Newfoundland and Labrador. Can. J. Wildl. Dis. 2005, 41:816-819.
6. Bourque A.C., Conboy G., Miller L.M., Whitney H. Pathological findings in dogs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 2008, 20:11-20.
7. Braisher T.L., Gemmell N.J., Grenfell B.T., Amos W. Host isolation and patterns of genetic variability in three populations of Teladorsagia from sheep. Int. J. Parasitol. 2004, 34:1197-1204.
8. Bwangamoi O. Angiostrongylus vasorum and other worms in dogs in Uganda. Vet. Rec. 1972, 91:267.
9. Chapman P.S., Boag A.K., Guitan J., Boswood A. Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in 23 dogs. J. Small Anim. Pract. 2004, 45:435-440.
10. Churcher C.S. The specific status of the new world red fox. J. Mamm. 1959, 40:513-520.
11. Costa J.O., de Araujo Costa H.M., Guimaraes M.P. Redescription of Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet, 1866), and systematic revision of species assigned to the genera Angiostrongylus Kamensky, 1905 and Angiocaulus Schulz, 1951. Revue Médicine Véterinaire 2003, 154:9-16.
12. Dias S.R., Oliveira E.L., Viana M.H., Lima W.S. Permissivity of the domestic cat (Felis catus) to infection by Angiostrongylus vasorum (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae). Revue. Med. Vet. 2008, 159:87-90.
13. Dupanloup I., Schneider S., Excoffier L. A simulated annealing approach to define the genetic structure of populations. Mol. Ecol. 2002, 11:2571-2581.
14. Excoffier L., Laval G., Schneider S. Arlequin (ver 3.0): an integrated software package for population genetics data analysis. Evol. Bioinform. Online 2005, 1:47-50.
15. Folmer O., Black M., Hoeh W., Lutz R., Vrijenhoek R. DNA primers for amplification of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I from diverse metazoan invertebrates. Mol. Mar. Biol. Biotechnol. 1994, 3:294-299.
16. Guilhon J., Cens B. Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet, 1866) etude biologique et morphologique. Annales de Parasitologie 1973, 48:567-596.
17. Hausdorf B. Introduced land snails and slugs in Columbia. J. Moll. Stud. 2002, 68:127-131.
18. Helm J., Gilleard J.S., Jackson M., Redman E., Bell R. A case of canine Angiostrongylus vasorum in Scotland confirmed by PCR and sequence analysis. J. Small Anim Pract. 2009, 50:255-259.
19. Helm J., Morgan E.R., Jackson M.W., Wotton P., Bell R. Canine angiostrongylosis: an emerging disease. J. Vet. Emerg. Crit. Care. 2010, 20:98-109.
20. Hu M., Chilton N.B., Gasser R.B. The mitochondrial genomics of parasitic nematodes of socio-economic importance: recent progress, and implications for population genetics and systematics. Adv. Parasitol. 2004, 56:133-212.
21. Hu M., Rabelo E.M., Schindler A.R., Roberts H., Gasser R.B. Extensive and complex sequence diversity in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 within Necator americanus from Colombia revealed by SSCP-coupled sequencing. Mol. Cell. Probes. 2008, 22:234-237.
22. Jefferies R., Shaw S.E., Viney M.E., Morgan E.R. Angiostrongylus vasorum from South America and Europe represent distinct genotypes. Parasitol 2009, 136:107-115.
23. Jeffery R.A., Lankester M.W., McGrath M.J., Whitney H.G. Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Newfoundland, Canada. Can. J. Zool. 2004, 82:66-74.
24. Kamler J.F., Ballard W.B. A review of native and non-native red foxes in North America. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 2002, 30:370-379.
25. Koch J., Willesen J. Canine pulmonary angiostrongylosis: an update. Vet. J. 2009, 179:348-359.
26. Macdonald D.W. Running With The Fox 1987, Unwin Hyman Limited, London, UK, pp. 224.
27. McGarry J., Morgan E.R. Differential identification of first stage larvae of canine metastrongyles. Vet. Rec. 2009, 165:258-261.
28. Miranda R.R., Tennessen J.A., Blouin M.S., Rabelo E.M. Mitochondrial DNA variation of the dog hookworm Ancylostoma caninum in Brazilian populations. Vet. Parasitol. 2008, 151:61-67.
29. Morgan E.R., Shaw S.E., Brennan S.F., De Waal T.D., Jones B.R., Mulcahy G. Angiostrongylus vasorum: a real heartbreaker. Trends Parasitol. 2005, 21:49-51.
30. Morgan E.R., Tomlinson A., Hunter S., Nichols T., Roberts E., Fox M.T., Taylor M.A. Angiostrongylus vasorum and Eucoleus aerophilus in foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Great Britain. Vet. Parasitol. 2008, 154:48-57.
31. Morgan E.R., Jefferies R., Krajewski M., Ward P., Shaw S.E. Canine pulomnay angiostrongylosis: the influence of climate on parasite distribution. Parasitol. Int. 2009, 10.1016/j.parint.2009.08.003.
32. Nei M. Molecular Evolutionary Genetics 1987, Columbia University Press, New York, p256.
33. Nei M., Tajima F. DNA polymorphism detectable by restriction endonucleases. Genetics 1981, 97:145-163.
34. Patterson-Kane J.C., Gibbons L.M., Jefferies R., Morgan E.R., Wenzlow N., Redrobe S.R. Pneumonia due to Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens). J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 2009, 21:270-273.
35. Patteson M.W., Wotton P.R., Lucke V.M., Wright A.I., Gibbs C. Angiostrongylus vasorum in a terrier. Vet. Rec. 1987, 120:349.
36. Plantard O., Picard D., Valette S., Grenier E., Scurrah M., Mugniery D. Origin of European populations of Globodera pallida. Mol. Ecol. 2008, 17:2208-2218.
37. Simpson V.R., Neal C. Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in snails and slugs. Vet. Rec. 1982, 111:303-304.
38. Smith F.R., Threlfall W. Helminths of some mammals from Newfoundland. Am. Midland Nat. 1973, 90:215-218.
39. Tamura K., Dudley J., Nei M., Kumar S. MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0. Mol. Biol. Evol. 2007, 24:1596-1599.
40. Tebb A.I., Johnson V.S., Irwin P.J. Angiostrongylus vasorum (French heartworm) in a dog imported into Australia. Aust. Vet. J. 2007, 85:23-28.
41. Thompson J.D., Higgins D.G., Gibson T.J. CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice. Nucleic Acids Res. 1994, 22:4673-4678.
42. Torres J., Miquel J., Motje M. Helminth parasites of the eurasian badger (Meles meles L.) in Spain: a biogeographic approach. Parasitol. Res. 2001, 87:259-263.
43. Williams J.F., Lindemann B., Padgett G.A., Smith O.L. Angiostrongylosis in a greyhound. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 1985, 186:1101-1103.
44. Yamakawa Y., McGarry J.W., Denk D., Dukes-McEwan J., Macdonald N., Mas A., McConnell F., Tatton B., Valentine E.G., Wayne J., Williams J.M., Hetzel U. Emerging canine angiostrongylosis in northern England: five fatal cases. Vet. Rec. 2009, 162:149-152.