Preliminary studies on the zoonotic importance of rodents as a reservoir of toxocariasis from recreation grounds in Wroclaw (Poland)

Hildebrand, Joanna; Zaleśny, Grzegorz; Okulewicz, A.; Baszkiewicz, K.

doi:10.2478/s11687-009-0016-9

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“…Even though the number of examined samples is not significant, it refers to the permanent circulation of toxocarosis in monitored habitats. Miterpáková et al (2009) determined 12.5 -13 % prevalence of T. canis in red foxes from localities where small rodents were trapped. Prevalence of larval toxocarosis in paratenic hosts was not found to be significantly influenced by the population age, however two times higher prevalence of infection in adults than in subadults suggests that probability of infection with roundworm eggs from contaminated environment increases with the exposure time.…”

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“…larvae in four animals (12.9 %). The data refer to the role of rodents in the spread of toxocarosis in the suburban and tourist area (Hildebrand et al, 2009). In conclusion, the study highlights the important role of small rodents in permanent maintenance of the parasite particularly in alluvia, ecotones of forests and in agrocoenoses.…”

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“…Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati are important nematode parasites, commonly found in carnivores but able to invade a wide range of other hosts, including humans (Glickman & Magnaval, 1993;Okulewicz, et al, 2012), what has caught the attention of the medical and veterinary scientific community. Toxocara spp.…”

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Small rodents — permanent reservoirs of toxocarosis in different habitats of Slovakia

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The study aimed to estimate the role of small rodents in the circulation of larval toxocarosis in light of their different habitats. From 2005 to 2008, a total of 1523 small rodents, belonging to 11 species, were captured in 5 different habitats of Slovakia. Anti-Toxocara antibodies were detected in 6.6 % animals. The dominant reservoirs of toxocarosis were striped-field mouse Apodemus agrarius (11.7 %) and mound-building mouse Mus spicilegus (10.7 %), while the seropositivity of voles was low. Sexually active adults were infected more frequently (10.8%) in comparison with inactive ones (5.2 %). According to habitats, seroprevalence of toxocarosis in windbreaks (2.4 %) was significantly lower (p < 0.05) than in agrocoenoses (6.7 %), alluvia (8.5 %) and ecotones (7.5 %). Log-linear analysis performed in A. agrarius indicates that type of habitat and sexual activity affect the seropositivity to Toxocara infection. The highest seroprevalence was observed in alluvium (21.2 %) while the lowest in windbreak (1.8 %) (χ 2 = 17.232, p < 0.001) and sexually active mice were characterised by 22.5 % and sexually inactive by 6.4 % seroprevalence (χ 2 = 30.634, p < 0.001). The occurrence pattern of toxocarosis in small rodents suggests that they are permanent reservoirs for Toxocara spp. in nature and significant indicators of Toxocara egg contamination in environs.

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Small rodents — permanent reservoirs of toxocarosis in different habitats of Slovakia

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“…The prevalence of helminth species in A. agrarius from Belorussia was reported by Shimalov (2002) and the metazoan parasite fauna of A. flavicollis from Germany was described by Klimpel et al (2007a). Only Hildebrand et al (2009) have reported the nematode fauna of both the striped field mouse and the yellownecked mouse from Poland. In Slovakia, the helminth fauna of wild rodent species has been monitored for the last fifty years.…”

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The helminth parasites of two sympatric species of the genus Apodemus (Rodentia, Muridae) from south-eastern Slovakia

Ondríková

Miklisová

Ribas

et al. 2010

Acta Parasitologica

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The helminths of two sympatric species of rodents, the striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius and the yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis from Slovakia were studied to determine whether there are similarities in the composition of the helminth fauna of two closely related host species living in the same area. A total of twelve species of helminths were identified in these rodent populations, including Brachylaima sp. (Trematoda); Hymenolepis diminuta (Rudolphi, 1819), Mesocestoides sp. larvae, Rodentolepis fraterna (Stiles, 1906), Rodentolepis straminea (Goeze, 1782), Skrjabinotaenia lobata (Baer, 1925), Taenia taeniaeformis larvae (Batsch, 1786) (Cestoda); Aonchotheca annulosa (Dujardin, 1845), Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Dujardin, 1845), Heterakis spumosa Schneider, 1866, Mastophorus muris (Gmelin, 1790) and Syphacia stroma (Linstow, 1884) (Nematoda). In A. agrarius, H. polygyrus was the most prevalent, as well as the most abundant helminth, but R. fraterna was the species with the highest mean intensity. In contrast, S. stroma dominated the A. flavicollis helminth fauna with the highest prevalence, mean abundance and mean intensity. Both rodent populations harboured nine helminth species, although the mean individual species richness was significantly higher in A. agrarius than in A. flavicollis. The analysis of helminth diversity at both component and infracommunity levels revealed differences between the two rodent populations, which are most likely attributable to the specific host ecology.

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“…Moreover, such localities pose higher risk of exposure to E. multilocularis infection for humans. Rodents can transmit infectious agent also to domestic carnivores, facilitating transmission of the disease to man (Hildebrand et al, 2009). Therefore, preventive measures, for example anthelmintic bait distribution that decreases E. multilocularis prevalence in definitive hosts (Antolová et al, 2006;Romig et al, 2007), should be applied to reduce infection pressure on men in hyperendemic areas.…”

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The course of Echinococcus multilocularis infection and pregnancy in mice model

Antolová

Reiterová

2011

Helminthologia

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SummaryParasitic infection during pregnancy can affect the course of pregnancy, complicate the foeto-maternal relationship and increase abortion rate. The work was aimed to study the course of E. multilocularis secondary infection and reproductive parameters in infected mice. The Balb/c mice were bred in the exponential phase of the metacestode growth, after infection with two different doses (0.5 ml or 1.25 ml) of metacestode material. In comparison to uninfected control group, the effect of infection on reproductive parameters (natality, size of litters) and the course of disease during pregnancy and after the delivery were monitored. The weight of E. multilocularis larval stages was higher in both fertilised groups in comparison to unfertilised control. The number of deliveries and litter counts were similar in both, infected and uninfected mice. Present study confirmed only minor impact of alveolar echinococcosis on the reproduction of rodents, intermediate hosts of parasite.

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Preliminary studies on the zoonotic importance of rodents as a reservoir of toxocariasis from recreation grounds in Wroclaw (Poland)

Cited by 15 publications

References 29 publications

Small rodents — permanent reservoirs of toxocarosis in different habitats of Slovakia

Small rodents — permanent reservoirs of toxocarosis in different habitats of Slovakia

The helminth parasites of two sympatric species of the genus Apodemus (Rodentia, Muridae) from south-eastern Slovakia

The course of Echinococcus multilocularis infection and pregnancy in mice model

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