Southernmost finding of Lymnaea viatrix Orbigny, 1835 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae), intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Trematoda: Digenea), in urban and rural areas of Patagonia, Argentina

We report the first finding of Lymnaea viatrix south of parallel 41°S, in rural and urban areas from Argentina. Ninety snails were collected during year 2000, from a concrete pond at a Public Square in El Bolsón Village, Río Negro province, and 811 snails in November 1999, and during 2000 from water...

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Publicado: 2004
Materias:
Argentina
Distribution range
Lymnaea viatrix
article
climate change
controlled study
Fasciola hepatica
fascioliasis
geographic distribution
host parasite interaction
Lymnaea
nonhuman
parasite identification
risk assessment
rural area
seasonal variation
snail
species distribution
trematode
urban area
Gastropoda
Hepatica
Lymnaeidae
Pulmonata
Trematoda
Viatrix
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00740276_v99_n1_p23_Kleiman
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00740276_v99_n1_p23_Kleiman
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Sumario:We report the first finding of Lymnaea viatrix south of parallel 41°S, in rural and urban areas from Argentina. Ninety snails were collected during year 2000, from a concrete pond at a Public Square in El Bolsón Village, Río Negro province, and 811 snails in November 1999, and during 2000 from waterbodies within a farm at Cholila locality, Chubut province. Fasciola hepatica infection was detected in 0.9% snails from the rural area. We discuss the potential risk of L. viatrix to public health in urban areas and its epidemiological importance in rural areas of the Andean Patagonian region.

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