Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

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Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Angiostrongylidae
Genus: Aelurostrongylus
Species:
A. abstrusus
Binomial name
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
(Railliet, 1898)

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is a species of nematode from the family Angiostrongylidae. [1]

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The Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is a cosmopolitan parasite found to be living in the bronchi and alveoli of the lungs of infected cats. Those infected tend to not show many symptoms, if any, as the infection is asymptomatic, leading to shorter lifespans of cats that have been infected. This parasite is typically found in Europe, but also can be found in Africa, Australia, and North and South America.

Hosts

Intermediate hosts include:

Final hosts include:

References

  1. 1 2 Ohlweiler, F. P.; Guimarães, M. C. D. A.; Takahashi, F. Y.; Eduardo, J. M. (2010). "Current distribution of Achatina fulica, in the State of São Paulo including records of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda) larvae infestation". Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. 52 (4): 211–214. doi: 10.1590/S0036-46652010000400009 . PMID   21748230. PDF Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine .
  2. Lindo, J. F.; Waugh, C.; Hall, J.; Cunningham-Myrie, C.; Ashley, D.; Eberhard, M. L.; Sullivan, J. J.; Bishop, H. S.; Robinson, D. G.; Holtz, T.; Robinson, R. D. (2002). "Enzootic Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Rats and Snails after an Outbreak of Human Eosinophilic Meningitis, Jamaica". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 8 (3): 324–326. doi:10.3201/eid0803.010316. PMC   2732477 . PMID   11927033.
  3. Jefferies, R.; Vrhovec, M. G.; Wallner, N.; Catalan, D. R. (2010). "Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus sp. (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) infections in cats inhabiting Ibiza, Spain". Veterinary Parasitology. 173 (3–4): 344–348. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.06.032. PMID   20674179.

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