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PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
卷 119, 期 1, 页码 327-331出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06527-z
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Lungworm; Gastropod-borne diseases; Angiostrongylus vasorum; Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Troglostrongylus brevior; Arion vulgaris
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- Institute of Parasitology Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
So far, neither the feline lungworms Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior nor the canine lungworm Angiostrongylus vasorum was reported in wildlife or intermediate hosts from Austria. The slug Arion vulgaris represents an invasive species in Europe and serves as intermediate host for several lungworm species. This study aimed to analyse the occurrence of metastrongyloid lungworm larvae in slugs in Vienna, Austria. Therefore, 193 A. vulgaris were collected in the central Prater park in summer 2016. Specimens were artificially digested, analysed microscopically for lungworm larvae, and species were confirmed via PCR and sequencing. Out of 193, five slugs were positive to lungworms (2.6%), one for A. vasorum, two for A. abstrusus (genotypes A and B) and one for T. brevior, and one slug had a mixed infection of A. abstrusus and T. brevior larvae. The current study is the first evidence on the endemicity of these metastrongyloid lungworm species in Austria.
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