Experimental study on the artificial infection of common freshwater snails with Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture,Yun-nan Province
Objective To evaluate the potential risk of transmission of angiostrongyliasis by common freshwater snails in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture,Yunnan Province,so as to provide insights into local surveillance of angiostrongyliasis.Methods Common freshwater snails were collected from Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture,Yunnan Province from March to April,2020,and identified and bred in laboratory.SD rats were infected with third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis that were isolat-ed from commercially available Pomacea canaliculata snails in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture,and freshwater snails were in-fected with the first-stage larvae of A.cantonensis that were isolated from the feces of SD rats 39 days post-infection at room tem-perature.The developmental process and morphological characteristics of worms in hosts were observed,and the percentages of A.cantonensis infections in different species of freshwater snails were calculated.Then,SD rats were infected with the third-stage larvae of A.cantonensis that were isolated from A.cantonensis-infected freshwater snails,and the larval development and repro-duction was observed.Results More than 3 000 freshwater snail samples were collected from farmlands,ditches and wetlands around Erhai Lake in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture,and Cipangopaludina chinensis,P.canaliculata,Parafossarulus striatulus,Oncomelania hupensis robertsoni,Galba pervia,Physa acuta,Radix swinhoei,Assiminea spp.,Tricula spp.and Bellamya spp.were morphologically identified.A total of 105 commercially available P.canaliculata snails were tested for A.cantonensis infec-tions,and 2 P.canaliculata snails were found to be infected with A.cantonensis,in which the third-stage larvae of A.cantonensis were isolated.Ten species of freshwater snails were artificially infected with the third-stage larvae of A.cantonensis,and all 10 species of freshwater snails were found to be infected with A.cantonensis,with the highest positive rate of A.cantonensis infec-tions in Bellamya spp.(62.3％,137/204),and the lowest in C.chinensis(35.5％,11/31).After SD rats were infected with the third-stage larvae of A.cantonensis isolated from different species of freshwater snails,mature adult worms of A.cantonensis were yield-ed.Conclusions Multiple species of freshwater snails may serve as intermediate hosts of A.cantonensis under laboratory condi-tions in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province.Further investigations on natural infection of A.cantonensis in wild snails in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture seem justified.
Angiostrongylus cantonensisFreshwater snailArtificially infectionDali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
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