NATURAL MURINE INFESTATION BY ANGIOSTRONG YLUS-COSTARICENSIS MORERA AND CESPEDES, 1971 IN GUADELOUPE FRENCH-ANTILLES

Authors
JUMINER B BOREL G MAULEON H DURETTEDESSET MC RACCURT CP ROUDIER M NICOLAS M PEREZ JM
Citation
B. Juminer et al., NATURAL MURINE INFESTATION BY ANGIOSTRONG YLUS-COSTARICENSIS MORERA AND CESPEDES, 1971 IN GUADELOUPE FRENCH-ANTILLES, Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 86(5BIS), 1993, pp. 502-505
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379085
Volume
86
Issue
5BIS
Year of publication
1993
Pages
502 - 505
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9085(1993)86:5BIS<502:NMIBAY>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
In 1992, two cases of abdominal angiostrongylosis were reported in you ng Guadeloupean children. With a view to determine the natural infesta tion rate of Guadeloupe rodents (Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus) by Angi ostrongylus costaricensis, 656 rats caught in the country have been ex amined. Both murine species are naturally infested (6.2 % in R. rattus and 14.9 % in R. norvegicus), which gives a total prevalence of 7.5 % . This total prevalence is higher in the tourist area. A complementary investigation proves to be necessary to identify in Guadeloupe the al leged intermediate hosts (slugs, land snails) in which the human illne ss has its direct origins.