Angiostrongylus cantonensis as a Cause of Cerebrospinal Disease in a Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) and Two Tawny Frogmouths (Podargus strigoides)

Monks, Deborah; Carlisle, Melissa S.; Carrigan, M. J.; Rose, Karrie; Spratt, David M.; Gallagher, Adrian; Prociv, Paul

doi:10.1647/2004-024.1

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“…6 The number of cases of angiostrongyliasis in tawny frogmouths is presumably related to their consumption of slugs and snails as part of their natural diet. 4,8 The falcon in the present report was housed in an outdoor enclosure and could have encountered snails or slugs, although this had not been noted. As well, giant African snails have not been reported in the San Diego area.…”

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CerebralAngiostrongylus cantonensisinfection in a captive African pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) in southern California

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Abstract.A 10-month-old, female African pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) hatched and housed at the San Diego Zoo developed neurologic signs and died from a cerebral infection with the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis. There was an associated mild nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis. This infection was diagnosed on histology and confirmed by detection of species-specific A. cantonensis DNA in formalin-fixed and frozen brain tissue by a polymerase chain reaction assay. To the authors' knowledge, this infection has not previously been reported in a bird in the United States and has not been known to be naturally acquired in any species in this region of the world. The source of the infection was not definitively determined but was possibly feeder geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus) imported from Southeast Asia where the parasite is endemic.

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CerebralAngiostrongylus cantonensisinfection in a captive African pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) in southern California

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“…An infection in humans is acquired primarily via consumption of undercooked snails or foodstuff contaminated with the third-stage infective larvae (Lv et al 2010). Several studies reported that A. cantonensis not only infects humans but also wildlife, such as primates, flying foxes, and birds (Barrett et al 2002;Kim et al 2002;Duffy et al 2004;Monks et al 2005;Gelis et al 2011). Hence, A. cantonensis is a potential threat to wildlife.…”

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The complete mitochondrial genome of the rodent intra-arterial nematodes Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Zhang

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Parasitol Res

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The two rodent intra-arterial nematodes, Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus costaricensis, can cause human ill-health. The present study aimed to characterize and compare the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of these two species, and clarify their phylogenetic relationship and the position in the phylum Nematoda. The complete mt genomes of A. cantonensis and A. costaricensis are 13,497 and 13,585 bp in length, respectively. Hence, they are the smallest in the class of Chromadorea characterized thus far. Like many nematode species in the class of Chromadorea, they encode 12 proteins, 22 transfer RNAs, and two ribosomal RNAs. All genes are located on the same strand. Nucleotide identity of the two mt genomes is 81.6%, ranging from 77.7% to 87.1% in individual gene pairs. Our mt genome-wide analysis identified three major gene arrangement patterns (II-1, II-2, and II-3) from 48 nematode mt genomes. Both patterns II-1 and II-2 are distinct from pattern II-3, which covers the Spirurida, supporting a closer relationship between Ascaridida and Strongylida rather than Spirurida. Thymine (T) was highly concentrated on coding strands in Chromadorea, but balanced between the two strands in Enoplea, probably due to the gene arrangement pattern. Interestingly, the gene arrangement pattern of mt genomes and phylogenetic analysis based on concatenated amino acids indicated a closer relationship between the order Ascaridida and Rhabditida rather than Spirurida as indicated in previous studies. These discrepancies call for new research, reassessing the position of the order of Ascaridida in the phylogenetic tree. Once consolidated, the findings are important for population genetic studies and target identification.

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“…(Carlisle et al 1998), wild black-and grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus species) (Barrett et al 2002), Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus funereus) (Monks et al 2005), and, most recently, Tawny Frogmouths (Podargus strigoides) (Monks et al 2005, Gelis et al 2011, Ma et al 2013) and brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) (Ma et al 2013). The presence of A. cantonensis has also been suggested to be a threat to Australian endangered bird species, such as the Eastern Bristlebird, Dasyornis brachypterus, which prey on gastropods (Stokes et al 2007).…”

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Emergence of Neural Angiostrongyliasis in Eastern Australia

Aghazadeh

Jones

Aland

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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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Despite an apparent increase in cases of angiostrongyliasis in humans and animals in Australia, the epidemiology of infection with the two species of Angiostrongylus that co-exist in this country, namely A. cantonensis and A. mackerrasae, is poorly understood. This knowledge gap is particularly important with respect to A. mackerrasae, a species evidently native to Australia, as its ability to cause disease in humans is unknown. Likewise, there is little information on the roles of native and introduced species of rodents and molluscs as hosts of Angiostrongylus species in Australia. This review focuses on the gaps in the knowledge about the two species, highlighting the need for epidemiological and pathogenesis studies on the native lungworm A. mackerrasae.

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis as a Cause of Cerebrospinal Disease in a Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) and Two Tawny Frogmouths (Podargus strigoides)

Cited by 38 publications

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CerebralAngiostrongylus cantonensisinfection in a captive African pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) in southern California

CerebralAngiostrongylus cantonensisinfection in a captive African pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) in southern California

The complete mitochondrial genome of the rodent intra-arterial nematodes Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Emergence of Neural Angiostrongyliasis in Eastern Australia

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