Modelling of the distribution of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria straminea in the metropolitan region of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Barbosa, Verônica Santos; Guimarães, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e; Loyo, Rodrigo Moraes; Barbosa, Constança Simões

doi:10.4081/gh.2016.490

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“…Like other invasive species, B . straminea snails have developed a variety of survival strategies to adapt to variable environments[ 9 ]. Our study has demonstrated that the B .…”

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“…B . straminea is an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni [ 9 , 23 , 24 ], and is one of the three species found to be naturally infected with S . mansoni in Brazil[ 8 ].…”

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“…Previous studies have utilized ecological models to predict the spatial distribution of B . straminea at state and national scales in Brazil[ 9 , 24 ]. There is only one study that built the prediction map in China based on the occurrence data in Shenzhen city[ 33 ].…”

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Prediction of the potential global distribution for Biomphalaria straminea, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni

Yang

Cheng

et al. 2018

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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BackgroundSchistosomiasis is a snail-borne parasitic disease and is endemic in many tropical and subtropical countries. Biomphalaria straminea, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni, is native to the southeastern part of South America and has established in other regions of South America, Central America and southern China during the last decades. S. mansoni is endemic in Africa, the Middle East, South America and the Caribbean. Knowledge of the potential global distribution of this snail is essential for risk assessment, monitoring, disease prevention and control.Methods and findingsA comprehensive database of cross-continental occurrence for B. straminea was compiled to construct ecological models. We used several approaches to investigate the distribution of B. straminea, including direct comparison of climatic conditions, principal component analysis and niche overlap analyses to detect niche shifts. We also investigated the impacts of bioclimatic and human factors, and then used the bioclimatic and footprint layers to predict the potential distribution of B. straminea at global scale. We detected niche shifts accompanying the invasions of B. straminea in the Americas and China. The introduced populations had enlarged its habitats to subtropical regions where annual mean temperature is relatively low. Annual mean temperature, isothermality and temperature seasonality were identified as most important climatic features for the occurrence of B. straminea. Additionally, human factors improved the model prediction (P<0.001). Our model showed that under current climate conditions the snail should mostly be confined to the tropic and subtropic regions, including South America, Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.ConclusionsOur results confirmed that niche shifts took place in the invasions of B. straminea, in which bioclimatic and human factors played an important role. Our model predicted the global distribution of B. straminea based on habitat suitability, which would help for prioritizing monitoring and management efforts for B. straminea control in the context of ongoing climate change and human disturbances.

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“…Like other invasive species, B . straminea snails have developed a variety of survival strategies to adapt to variable environments[ 9 ]. Our study has demonstrated that the B .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…B . straminea is an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni [ 9 , 23 , 24 ], and is one of the three species found to be naturally infected with S . mansoni in Brazil[ 8 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prediction of the potential global distribution for Biomphalaria straminea, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni

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Cheng

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“…5 In Brazil, Schistosoma mansoni is traditionally considered to be endemic in rural areas. However, there has been an increase in the number of cases reported in coastal areas of the metropolitan region of Recife, [6][7][8][9] as well as in urban areas of the cities of Belo Horizonte, Salvador and Aracaju. [10][11][12][13] The appearance of cases of the disease in urban areas is not evidence of local transmission of S. mansoni, as it may be the result of infected migrants coming from endemic areas.…”

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Investigação sobre os casos e óbitos por esquistossomose na cidade do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil, 2005-2013*

Oliveira¹,

Pimentel²,

Araujo³

et al. 2018

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde

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Objective: to describe schistosomiasis cases and deaths among residents of the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2005 to 2013. Methods: this was a descriptive epidemiological study using data from the Mortality Information System (SIM) (2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) and the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013); active tracing of the relatives of the dead was undertaken and probabilistic linkage of the databases (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) was performed using the Reclink program. Results: 297 schistosomiasis deaths were recorded on the SIM system; through active tracing, 130 relatives were contacted and 20.8% autochthony was identified; 388 cases resident in Recife were registered on the SINAN system; through probabilistic linkage, 23 matching records were identified on SIM and SINAN. Conclusion: investigation of deaths showed that some individuals had never traveled outside Recife and progressed to the chronic stage of the disease; 23.8% of the cases registered on SINAN had Recife as the municipality in which infection occurred.

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“…Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease that affects 1.8 million people in Brazil, and most federal states of Brazil are affected by S. mansoni [29,30,31]. Previous studies have demonstrated that the intermediate host B. straminea plays an important role in the transmission of S. mansoni [32,33,34]. Phylogenetic analyses clustered B. straminea from South China with Brazilian strains.…”

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The potential risk of Schistosoma mansoni transmission by the invasive freshwater snail Biomphalaria straminea in South China

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Schistosomes infect more than 200 million people worldwide, and globally, over 700 million people are at risk of infection. The snail Biomphalaria straminea, as one of the intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, consecutively invaded Hong Kong in 1973, raising great concern in China. In this study, a malacological survey was conducted over a period of four years, and investigations were performed on the mechanism of susceptibility of B. straminea to S. mansoni. B. straminea was investigated in China from 2014 to 2018. Out of 185 investigated sites, 61 were positive for stages of black B. straminea (BBS), which shows pigmented spots. Twenty of the 61 sites were positive for red B. straminea (RBS), which is partially albino and red colored. Phylogenetic analyses based on cox1 and 18S rRNA sequences demonstrated that both phenotypes were clustered with Brazilian strains. No S. mansoni infections were detected in field-collected snail. However, in laboratory experiments, 4.17% of RBS were susceptible to a Puerto Rican strain of S. mansoni, while BBS was not susceptible. The highest susceptibility rate (70.83%) was observed in the F2 generation of RBS in lab. The density of RBS has increased from south to north and from west to east in Guangdong since 2014. Five tyrosinase tyrosine metabolism genes were upregulated in BBS. Transcriptome comparisons of RBS and BBS showed that ficolin, C1q, MASPlike, and membrane attack complex (MAC)/perforin models of the complement system were significantly upregulated in BBS. Our study demonstrated that B. straminea is widely distributed in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province, which is expanding northwards very rapidly as a consequence of its adaptation to local environments. Our results suggest that B.

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Modelling of the distribution of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria straminea in the metropolitan region of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

Prediction of the potential global distribution for Biomphalaria straminea, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni

Prediction of the potential global distribution for Biomphalaria straminea, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni

Investigação sobre os casos e óbitos por esquistossomose na cidade do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil, 2005-2013*

The potential risk of Schistosoma mansoni transmission by the invasive freshwater snail Biomphalaria straminea in South China

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