Parasite Fauna and Coinfections in Urban Rats Naturally Infected by the Zoonotic Parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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Galán Puchades, María Teresa; Gosálvez, Carla; Trelis, María; Gómez Samblás, María Mercedes; Solano Parada, Jennifer; Osuna Carrillo De Albornoz, Antonio; Sáez Durán, Sandra; Bueno Marí, Rubén; Fuentes, Marius V.Editorial
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Materia
Angiostrongylus cantonensis Rattus norvegicus Rattus rattus
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2023-12-27Referencia bibliográfica
Galán-Puchades, M.T.; Gosálvez, C.; Trelis, M.; Gómez-Samblás, M.; Solano-Parada, J.; Osuna, A.; Sáez-Durán, S.; Bueno-Marí, R.; Fuentes, M.V. Parasite Fauna and Coinfections in Urban Rats Naturally Infected by the Zoonotic Parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Pathogens 2024, 13, 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13010028
Resumen
When the zoonotic parasite of rodents that can cause human neuroangiostrongyliasis,
i.e., Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is found in its natural definitive hosts, it is usually reported in isolation,
as if the rat lungworm were the only component of its parasite community. In this study, we
report the coinfections found in rats naturally infected by A. cantonensis in urban populations of Rattus
norvegicus and Rattus rattus in Valencia, Spain. In addition to the rat lungworms, which were found
in 14 of the 125 rats studied (a prevalence of 11.20%), 18 other parasite species (intestinal and tissular
protists, microsporidia and helminths) were found, some of them with high burdens. Fourteen of
these nineteen species found are potential zoonotic parasites, namely Blastocystis, Giardia duodenalis,
Cryptosporidium spp., Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon hellem, Toxoplasma gondii, Brachylaima spp.,
Hydatigera taeniaeformis s.l. larvae, Hymenolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta, Angiostrongylus cantonensis,
Calodium hepaticum, Gongylonema neoplasticum andMoniliformis moniliformis. The total predominance of
coinfected rats as well as their high parasite loads seem to indicate a trend towards parasite tolerance.