Quantitative PCR estimates Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) infection levels in semi-slugs (Parmarion martensi)

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-176

  Jarvi, Susan I ^a   Farias, Margaret E M ^a   Howe, Kay ^a   Jacquier, Steven ^a   Hollingsworth, Robert ^b   Pitt, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Parmarion martensi; qPCR; Rat lungworm; Semi slug

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MICROSCOPY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PARMARION MARTENSI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; GASTROPODA; HAWAII; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LARVA; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; GASTROPODA; RATTUS;

EID: 84866950285     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. H.T. Chen Un nouveau nematode pulmonaire, pulmonema cantonensis, NGN sp. Des rats de Canton Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee 13 1935 312
2. Q.P. Wang, D.H. Lai, X.U. Zhu, X.-G. Chen, and Z.R. Lun Human angiostrongyliasis Lancet Infectious Diseases 8 2008 621 630
3. Q.P. Wang, Z.D. Wu, R.L. Wei, Z.R. Owen, and Z.R. Lun Human Angiostrongylus cantononsis: an update European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 31 2012 389 395 10.1007/s10096-011-1328-5
4. A. Martin-Alonso, P. Foronda, M.A. Quispe-Ricalde, C. Feliu, and B. Valladares Seroprevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Wild Rodents from the Canary Islands PLoS One 6 11 2011 e27747 10.1371/journal.pone.0027747
5. J.E. Alicata, and K. Jindrak Angiostrongylosis in the Pacific and Southeast Asia 1970 Charles C. Thomas Springfield, IL
6. G.H. Wu Angiostrongylus cantonensis J.Q. Tang, Nature-borne diseases 2006 Science Press Beijing 1182
7. R.G. Hollingsworth, and R.H. Cowie Apple snails as disease vectors R.C. Joshi, L.S. Sebastian, Global advances in ecology and management of golden apple snails 2006 Philippine Rice Research Institute Nueva Ecija 121 132
8. M.M. Kliks, and N.E. Palumbo Eosinophilic meningitis beyond the Pacific basin: the global dispersal of a peridomestic zoonosis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the nematode lungworm of rats Social Science and Medicine 34 1992 199 212
9. G.D. Wallace, and L. Rosen Studies on eosinophilic meningitis V. Molluscan hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis on Pacific Islands American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 18 1969 206 216
10. R. Asato, K. Taira, M. Nakamura, J. Kudaka, K. Itokazu, and M. Kawanaka Changing epidemiology of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 57 2004 184 186
11. R.H. Cowie Catalog and bibliography of the nonindigenous nonmarine snails and slugs of the Hawaiian Islands Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 50 1997 1 66
12. R.G. Hollingsworth, R.K. Kaneta, J.J. Sullivan, H.S. Bishop, Y. Qvarnstrom, and A.J. da Silva Distribution of Parmarion cf. martensi (Pulmonata: Helicarionidae), a new semi-slug pest on Hawaii Island, and its potential as a vector for human angiostrongyliasis Pacific Science 61 2007 457 468
13. Y. Qvarnstrom, A.C. Aramburu da Silva, J.L. Teem, R. Hollingsworth, H. Bishop, and Graeff-Teixeira Improved molecular detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Mollusks and other environmental samples with a species-specific internal transcribed spacer 1-based TaqMan assay Applied and Environment Microbiology 76 15 2010 5287 5289
14. G. Baermann Eine einfache Methode zur Auffingung von Ankylostomum- (Nematoden)-larvan in Erdpropben Geneeskunding Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie 57 1917 131 137
15. D. Heyneman, and B.L. Lim Angiostrongylus cantonensis: proof of direct transmission with its epidemiological implications Science 158 1967 1057 1058