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Table 2 Reports on Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infections in definitive and intermediate hosts

From: Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus: Neglected and underestimated parasites in South America

 

Geographical location

Prevalence/no. of cases

Reference

Definitive host species

Felis catus

Montevideo, Uruguay

1 case

Bacigalupo et al., 1942 [65]

Felis catus

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

40/102

Trein, 1953 [83]

Felis catus

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

na

Langenegger and Lanzieri, 1963 [69]

Felis catus

Montevideo, Uruguay

8.6%

Esteves et al., 1961 [84]

Felis catus

Chile

1 case

Gonzalez & Torres, 1971 [77]

Felis catus

São Paulo, Brazil

na

Campedelli-Filho, 1972 [70]

Felis catus

Valdivia, Chile

na

Torres et al., 1972 [78]

Felis catus

Sâo Paulo, Brazil

8.5%

Fenerich et al., 1975 [144]

Felis catus

Valdivia, Chile

na

Bonilla-Zepeda, 1980 [79]

Felis catus

La Plata, and Buenos Aires Argentina

24.3%, 30.0%

Idiart et al., 1986 [68]

Felis catus

Corrientes, Argentina

30%

Martinez et al., 1990 [85]

Felis catus

Rosario, Argentina

na

Schiaffi et al., 1995 [86]

Felis catus

Santa Maria, Brazil

na

Headley & Conrado, 1997 [71]

Puma yagouaroundi Leopardus geoffroyi

Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

na

Noronha et al., 2002 [99]

Felis catus

Bogota, Colombia

1 case

Salamanca, 2003 [14]

Felis catus

Uberlândia, Brazil

18%

Mundim et al., 2004 [72]

Felis catus

Santa Maria, Brazil

5.9–25% (mean 18.6%, 1987–1996)

Headley, 2005 [73]

Felis catus

Buenos Aires, Argentina

2.6%

Sommerfelt et al., 2006 [67]

Leopardus pardalis

Bolivian Chaco

5 cases

Fiorello et al., 2006 [82]

Leopardus geoffroyi

 

3 cases

 

F.catus domesticus

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1 case

Ferreira et al., 2007 [88]

Felis catus

Quindío, Colombia

0.21% (1/121)

Echeverry et al., 2012 [16]

Felis catus

Cuiaba and Várzea Grande, Matto Grosso, Brazil

1.3%

Ramos et al., 2013 [74]

Felis catus

Montevideo, Uruguay

2/8

Castro et al., 2013 [66]

Felis catus

Río Bueno y La Unión, Provincia del Ranco, Chile

20/200

Oyarzún-Cadagán, 2013 [80]

Felis catus

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

29.5%

Ehlers et al., 2013 [87]

Felis catus

Buenos Aires, Argentina

35.3% (6/17)

Cardillo et al., 2014 [91]

Leopardus wiedii, Leopardus tigrinus

Natural park De Trê Barras, Três Barras, Brazil

38.1% , 35.7%

Kusma et al., 2015 [15]

Leopardus colocolo

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

1 case

Gressler et al., 2016 [75]

Felis catus

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

22/2036 (1998–2005)

Pereira et al., 2017 [76]

Felis catus

Caquetá, Colombia

1 case

Sanchez-Rojas et al., 2017 [81]

Intermediate host species

Achatina fulica

Rio de Janeiro, Goiás, Espırito Santo, Mato grosso, Sergippe and São Paulo, Brazil

5.57% (217/3806)

Thiengo et al, 2008 [90]

Achatina fulica

São Paulo, Brazil

na

Ohlweiler et al., 2010 [145]

Achatina fulica

Puerto Iguazu, Argentina

2%

Valente et al., 2017 [24]

Rumina decollate

Buenos Aires, Argentina

80% (20/25)

Cardillo et al., 2014 [91]

  1. Abbreviations: na, not applicable