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Ngcamphalala PI, Malatji MP, Mukaratirwa S. Geography and ecology of invasive Pseudosuccinea columella (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) and implications in the transmission of Fasciola species (Digenea: Fasciolidae) - a review. J Helminthol 2022; 96:e1. [PMID: 34991739 DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X21000717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pseudosuccinea columella is considered invasive and has become an important intermediate host of both Fasciola species in many regions of the world. This systematic review assessed the geographical distribution of P. columella, and its implications in the transmission of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, globally. A literature search was conducted on Google Scholar, JSTOR and PubMed databases using Boolean operators in combination with predetermined search terms for thematic analysis. Results show that P. columella has been documented in 22 countries from Europe (3), Africa (8), Oceania (2), North America (3) and South America (6). Furthermore, this snail species has shown to adapt to and inhabit a vast array of freshwater bodies including thermal lakes and ditches with acidic soils. Studies showed that P. columella transmits F. hepatica, with natural and experimental infections documented in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, South America and North America. Experimental infection studies in Cuba showed the presence of P. columella populations resistant to F. hepatica infection. Furthermore, some populations of this invasive snail collected from F. hepatica endemic locations in Brazil, Venezuela, Australia, South Africa, Colombia and Argentina were found without Fasciola infection. As a result, the role played by this snail in the transmission of Fasciola spp. in these endemic areas is still uncertain. Therefore, further studies to detect natural infections are needed in regions/countries where the snail is deemed invasive to better understand the veterinary and public health importance of this snail species in Fasciola-endemic areas and determine the global dispersion of resistant populations of P. columella.
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Bardales-Valdivia J, Bargues M, Hoban-Vergara C, Bardales-Bardales C, Goicochea-Portal C, Bazán-Zurita H, Del Valle-Mendoza J, Ortiz P, Mas-Coma S. Spread of the fascioliasis endemic area assessed by seasonal follow-up of rDNA ITS-2 sequenced lymnaeid populations in Cajamarca, Peru. One Health 2021; 13:100265. [PMID: 34041348 PMCID: PMC8141929 DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Fascioliasis is a worldwide emerging snail-borne zoonotic trematodiasis with a great spreading capacity linked to animal and human movements, climate change, and anthropogenic modifications of freshwater environments. South America is the continent with more human endemic areas caused by Fasciola hepatica, mainly in high altitude areas of Andean regions. The Peruvian Cajamarca area presents the highest human prevalences reported, only lower than those in the Bolivian Altiplano. Sequencing of the complete rDNA ITS-2 allowed for the specific and haplotype classification of lymnaeid snails collected in seasonal field surveys along a transect including 2007-3473 m altitudes. The species Galba truncatula (one haplotype preferentially in higher altitudes) and Pseudosuccinea columella (one haplotype in an isolated population), and the non-transmitting species Lymnaea schirazensis (two haplotypes mainly in lower altitudes) were found. Climatic seasonality proved to influence G. truncatula populations in temporarily dried habitats, whereas L. schirazensis appeared to be more climatologically independent due to its extreme amphibious ecology. Along the southeastern transect from Cajamarca city, G. truncatula and L. schirazensis shared the same site in 7 localities (46.7% of the water collections studied). The detection of G. truncatula in 11 new foci (73.3%), predominantly in northern localities closer to the city, demonstrate that the Cajamarca transmission risk area is markedly wider than previously considered. Lymnaea schirazensis progressively increases its presence when moving away from the city. Results highlight the usefulness of lymnaeid surveys to assess borders of the endemic area and inner distribution of transmission foci. Similar lymnaeid surveys are still in need to be performed in the wide northern and western zones of the Cajamarca city. The coexistence of more than one lymnaeid transmitting species, together with a morphologically indistinguishable non-transmitting species and livestock movements inside the area, conform a complex scenario which poses difficulties for the needed One Health control intervention.
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- J.N. Bardales-Valdivia
- Departamento de Biología y Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, Carretera Baños del Inca km 3,5, Cajamarca, Peru
- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, Carretera Baños del Inca km 3,5, Cajamarca, Peru
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- Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, Carretera Baños del Inca km 3,5, Cajamarca, Peru
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- Dirección Regional de Agricultura Cajamarca, Gobierno Regional de Cajamarca, Carretera Baños del Inca km 3,5, Cajamarca, Peru
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- Dirección Regional de Agricultura Cajamarca, Gobierno Regional de Cajamarca, Carretera Baños del Inca km 3,5, Cajamarca, Peru
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- Vice-Rectorado de Investigación, Universidad Privada Antonio Guillermo Urrelo, Jirón José Sabogal No. 913, Cajamarca, Peru
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- Escuela de Medicina, Centro de Investigación e Innovación, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, and Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Celular, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Prolongación Primavera No. 2390, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, Carretera Baños del Inca km 3,5, Cajamarca, Peru
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- Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Pereira AE, Uribe N, Pointier JP. Lymnaeidae from Santander and bordering departments of Colombia: Morphological characterization, molecular identification and natural infection with Fasciola hepatica. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2020; 20:100408. [PMID: 32448524 DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The Lymnaeidae constitute a family of freshwater gastropod molluscs whose diversity and ecology have been infrequently studied throughout Colombia. Some lymnaeid species act as intermediate hosts of trematode parasites, which are of great importance in both the veterinary and medical fields. Among trematode parasites, Fasciola hepatica is best known for being an important parasite of sheep and cattle for decades and causes significant economic losses in these livestock species. The main objective of this work is to identify the various species of lymnaeids that occupy different geographical regions of Santander and its bordering departments within Colombia. This will expand the knowledge of lymnaeid diversity in Colombia and provide further insight into their role in the transmission of F. hepatica. A total of 118 georeferenced sites between 126 m.a.s.l. and 3870 m.a.s.l. were sampled in Santander, Boyacá, Norte de Santander and Cundinamarca, respectively. Lymnaeid snails were identified according to the morphology of their shells and by several characteristics of their reproductive systems. Species identification was confirmed using DNA barcoding. Four lymnaeid species are reported in the study area: the native Galba cousini and three exotic species, Pseudosuccinea columella, G. truncatula and G. schirazensis. The four species were examined for natural infection with F. hepatica. Infected variants of the main snail host, G. cousini, were found in the Onzaga, Encino and Vetas municipalities of Santander, as well as in the Belén municipality of Boyacá. A second species, G. truncatula was also found naturally infected in Mutiscua municipality of Norte de Santander. The two other species, P. columella and G. schirazensis were found free of infection.
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- Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Carolus H, Muzarabani KC, Hammoud C, Schols R, Volckaert FAM, Barson M, Huyse T. A cascade of biological invasions and parasite spillback in man-made Lake Kariba. Sci Total Environ 2019; 659:1283-1292. [PMID: 31096340 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Parasite spillback, the infection of a non-indigenous organism by a native parasite, is a highly important although understudied component of ecological invasion dynamics. Here, through the first analysis of the parasite fauna of lymnaeid gastropods of Lake Kariba (Zimbabwe). We illustrate how the creation of an artificial lake may lead to a cascade of biological invasions in which an invasive aquatic plant promotes the proliferation of invasive gastropods, which in turn alters the epidemiology of trematodiases of potential medical and veterinary importance. Using a new multiplex Rapid Diagnostic PCR assay, we assessed the prevalence of Fasciola sp. infections in the gastropod populations. Both gastropod hosts and trematode parasites were identified using DNA barcoding. We provide the first record of the invasive North-American gastropod Pseudosuccinea columella in Lake Kariba. This species was found at 14 out of 16 sampled sites and its abundance was strongly positively correlated with the abundance of the invasive South-American water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). About 65% of the P. columella specimens analysed were infected with a hitherto unknown Fasciola species. Phylogenetic analyses indicate close affinity to Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica, which cause fasciolosis, an important liver disease affecting both ruminants and humans. In addition, another non-native Lymnaeid species was found: a Radix sp. that clustered closely with a Vietnamese Radix species. Radix sp. hosted both amphistome and Fasciola trematodes. By linking an invasion cascade and parasite spillback, this study shows how both processes can act in combination to lead to potentially important epidemiological changes.
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- Hans Carolus
- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.
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Pankrác J, Novobilský A, Rondelaud D, Leontovyč R, Syrovátka V, Rajský D, Horák P, Kašný M. Effect of Fascioloides magna (Digenea) on fecundity, shell height, and survival rate of Pseudosuccinea columella (Lymnaeidae). Parasitol Res 2016; 115:3119-25. [PMID: 27098161 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-5068-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Infection with Fascioloides magna (Digenea) causes serious damage to liver tissue in definitive hosts represented by ruminants, especially cervids. The distribution of F. magna includes the indigenous areas in North America, and the areas to which F. magna was introduced-Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and Italy. The North American intermediate host of F. magna, the freshwater snail Pseudosuccinea columella (Lymnaeidae), is an invasive species recorded in South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Australia, and west and Southeast Europe. In Europe, Galba truncatula is the snail serving for transmission, but P. columella has potential to become here a new intermediate host of F. magna. Little is known about interactions between F. magna and P. columella. In this study, the susceptibility of P. columella (Oregon, USA) to the infection by a single miracidium of the Czech strain of F. magna and the influence of F. magna on snail fecundity, shell height, and survival were evaluated. The data show that the Oregon strain of P. columella is a highly suitable host for the Czech strain of F. magna, with the infection rate of 74 %. In addition, a negative effect on survival rate of infected snails was recorded only in the late phase of infection. The infection was accompanied by a major reduction in egg mass production and by a decrease in the number of eggs per egg mass. The shell height of infected snails did not significantly differ from that in unexposed controls.
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