Fatal pulmonary cysticercosis caused by Cysticercus longicollis in a captive ring-tailed lemur ( Lemur catta )

Hodžić, Adnan; Škapur, Vedad; Alić, Amer; Prašović, Senad; Duscher, Georg Gerhard

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.05.004

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“…5 AE in dogs is typically associated with lesions in the liver and other abdominal organs. 1,3 Abdominal distension, lethargy, anorexia, and vomiting are common. 3 Lesions are usually first detected through radiographic or ultrasound images.…”

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Alveolar echinococcosis in a dog in the eastern United States

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An 8-y-old Labrador Retriever was presented to a small animal practice in northern Virginia with a history of recent lethargy. Physical examination findings were unremarkable. Ultrasound revealed several large hepatic masses and multiple smaller masses involving the pancreas. Cytologic findings on fine-needle aspirates of the hepatic masses included inflammation and necrosis with eosinophilic, membranous oval structures consistent with cestode infection. Histopathologic findings for biopsies of these masses included extensive necrosis, inflammation, and PAS-positive hyaline-like membranous material interpreted as metacestode cyst wall. A PCR product was generated from aspirate material using primers specific for Echinococcus multilocularis. Subsequent sequence data were 100% homologous to E. multilocularis NADH dehydrogenase subunit I gene sequences. The dog received daily oral albendazole (10 mg/kg) treatment, but its condition deteriorated, and the dog was euthanized. The dog, born in Mississippi, was brought as a puppy to Virginia with no other travel history. To our knowledge, alveolar echinococcosis has not been reported previously in a dog in the United States; E. multilocularis infection was apparently acquired in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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“…3). Although the larval stage of T. crassiceps is predominantly found in common voles (Konjević et al, 2016), cases of Cysticercus longicollis were also described in unusual hosts like black or ring-tailed lemurs (Dyer and Greve, 1998; Alić et al, 2017). Furthermore, cysticercosis was observed in a Cape ground squirrel and a Senegal bushbaby, both kept in the same zoo in the Czech Republic (Hofmannova et al, 2018).…”

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“…Taenia crassiceps is a cestode species that inhabits the small intestine of domestic and wild carnivores in the Northern hemisphere. The red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) is considered as the most common definitive host (Alić et al, 2017). In its metacestode stage (Cysticercus longicollis), the cestode parasitizes in the muscles, peritoneal and pleural cavity of numerous mammal species, but wild rodents, especially the common vole ( Microtus arvalis ), are mentioned as natural intermediate hosts in Europe (Konjević et al, 2016).…”

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“…A special feature of T. crassiceps is its ability to reproduce asexually by budding at the larval stage and thus, the parasite is able to maintain and colonize its host for long periods of time (Peón et al, 2013). Cases of T. crassiceps cysticercosis are also described in lemurs (Dyer and Greve, 1998; Luzón et al, 2010; Alić et al, 2017), a Cape ground squirrel, a Senegal bushbaby (Hofmannova et al, 2018), a Nilgiri langur (Bleyer et al, 2018) and a chinchilla (Basso et al, 2014). Even though seldom, carnivores may also serve as intermediate hosts and cases are described in dogs, cats and foxes (Konjević et al, 2016; Whipp et al, 2017).…”

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First report of pulmonary cysticercosis caused by Taenia crassiceps in a Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)

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Schiffbauer

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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

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The cestode Taenia crassiceps parasitizes in the intestine of domestic and wild carnivores, especially in red foxes. Usually, the metacestode stage, also known as Cysticercus longicollis, is located in muscles, peritoneal and pleural cavity of wild rodents. In this case, larval stages were found in a female Cape fur seal, which lived in a German zoo since June 1998. In January 2019, the animal presented clinical signs in terms of inappetence and reduced mobility and, within a short time, it developed dyspnoea and died. Pathological and parasitological examinations were performed. In a large mass of the right thoracic wall and in nodular lung lesions, metacestodes with numerous protoscoleces were identified. Morphological and molecular analyses led to the diagnosis of a Taenia crassiceps infection. Probably, the urban fox population was the source of infection. Thus, regarding the zoonotic potential of this cestode, a regularly performed parasitological examination of pet dogs is recommended.

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“…Based on the scolex and hooks and budding was observed. DNA analysis . cox1 [P1] and nd1 [P3]: Identities 99–100% with corresponding published T. crassiceps sequences. T. crassiceps Case 5,Alić et al (2017)15-year-old female ring-tailed lemur ( L. catta ) from Sarajevo Zoo, Bosnia and Herzegovinawas was presented after sudden deathNecropsy. “large multicystic structure, subdivided with fibrous septa and filled with numerous translucent, oval to ellipsoid bladder-like cysts, almost completely replacing right lung lobe “. Morphology .…”

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Wildlife-transmitted Taenia and Versteria cysticercosis and coenurosis in humans and other primates

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Eichenberger

Grimm

2019

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

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Wild mustelids and canids are definitive hosts of Taenia and Versteria spp. while rodents act as natural intermediate hosts. Rarely, larval stages of these parasites can cause serious zoonoses. In Europe, four cases of Taenia martis cysticercosis have been diagnosed in immunocompetent women, and two cases in zoo primates since 2013. In North America, a zoonotic genotype related but distinct from Versteria mustelae has been identified in 2014, which had caused a fatal infection in an orangutan and liver- and disseminated cysticercoses in two severely immune deficient human patients in 2018, respectively. Additionally, we could attribute a historic human case from the USA to this Versteria sp. by reanalysing a published nucleotide sequence. In the last decades, sporadic zoonotic infections by cysticerci of the canid tapeworm Taenia crassiceps have been described (4 in North America, 8 in Europe). Besides, 3 ocular cases from North America and one neural infection from Europe, all in immunocompetent patients, 6 cutaneous infections were described in severely immunocompromised European patients. Correspondingly, besides oral infections with taeniid eggs, accidental subcutaneous oncosphere establishment after egg-contamination of open wounds was suggested, especially in cases with a history of cutaneous injuries at the infection site. Taenia multiceps is mainly transmitted in a domestic cycle. Only five human coenurosis cases are published since 2000. In contrast, T. serialis coenurosis (1 human case since 2000) is primarily transmitted by wild canids. The etiological diagnosis of exotic cysticercoses is challenging. Usually, clinical material does not allow for a morphological identification, and serological tests are not available. These limitations have partly been overcome by molecular tools. Without claiming any dramatic emergence of cysticercoses and coenuroses transmitted by wild carnivores, further sporadic cases of such ‘exotic’ infections have to be expected.

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Fatal pulmonary cysticercosis caused by Cysticercus longicollis in a captive ring-tailed lemur ( Lemur catta )

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Alveolar echinococcosis in a dog in the eastern United States

Alveolar echinococcosis in a dog in the eastern United States

First report of pulmonary cysticercosis caused by Taenia crassiceps in a Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)

Wildlife-transmitted Taenia and Versteria cysticercosis and coenurosis in humans and other primates

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