Canine pulmonary angiostrongylosis: The influence of climate on parasite distribution
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The geographic range of Angiostrongylus vasorum is expanding, leading to increased disease. Although observed cases of canine pulmonary angiostrongylosis have been dutifully reported in the literature, the state of biological knowledge remains too poor to predict future patterns of spread with any confidence. Nevertheless, there is an urgent need to identify areas that are likely to be suitable for parasite establishment. Preliminary attempts to do this using a climatic envelope approach suggest that several new areas are open to colonisation, even without invoking climate change. The risk of parasite importation into these areas should be mitigated, e.g. by restricting movement of dogs unless tested or treated for A. vasorum, and monitored by focused surveillance of definitive and intermediate hosts. These efforts will benefit from newly developed diagnostic tests.
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Angiostrongylus vasorum is expanding, and it is expected to increase its distribution in European regions which offer ecological and epidemiological conditions for the expansion of current endemic areas and the establishment of further new endemic foci.
“Analogously, A. vasorum is expanding, and it is expected to increase its distribution in European regions which offer ecological and epidemiological conditions for the expansion of current endemic areas and the establishment of further new endemic foci [56].”
From Fleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes (2013) · cites this paper as [56]
Italy is a key country for the emergence and spreading of cardio-pulmonary nematodes, with D. immitis hyper-endemic in the North and expanding southward, A. vasorum potentially spreading in all the territory, and C. aerophila and A. abstrusus widely distributed with prevalence rates up to 7% and 20% respectively.
“At the same time Italy is a key country for the emergence and spreading of cardio-pulmonary nematodes, with D. immitis being hyper-endemic in the North and expanding southward, A. vasorum potentially spreading in all the territory, and C. aerophila and A. abstrusus widely distributed with prevalence rates up to 7% and 20% respectively [3,56,152,169,170].”
From Fleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes (2013) · cites this paper as [56]
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- Authors
- Morgan, E. R., Jefferies, R., Krajewski, M., Ward, P., & Shaw, S. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Morgan, Eric R.
- Venue
- Parasitology International
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 406-410
- ISSN
- 1383-5769 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2073061361
- Cited by
- 149
- References
- 47
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- FWCI
- 9.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Parasitology International (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Morris Animal Foundation (First Award D06CA-308)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Helminth infection and control
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Keywords
- Angiostrongylus vasorum, climatic envelope, geographic range expansion, parasite establishment, diagnostic testing, climate change
- MeSH terms
- Angiostrongylus, Animals, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Host-Parasite Interactions, Lung Diseases, Parasitic, Strongylida Infections, Climate Change
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