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. 2018 Mar 27;11:208. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2765-0

Table 2.

Reports on Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infections in definitive and intermediate hosts

Geographical location Prevalence/no. of cases Reference
Definitive host species
Felis catus Montevideo, Uruguay 1 case Bacigalupo et al., 1942 [65]
Felis catus Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 40/102 Trein, 1953 [83]
Felis catus Rio de Janeiro, Brazil na Langenegger and Lanzieri, 1963 [69]
Felis catus Montevideo, Uruguay 8.6% Esteves et al., 1961 [84]
Felis catus Chile 1 case Gonzalez & Torres, 1971 [77]
Felis catus São Paulo, Brazil na Campedelli-Filho, 1972 [70]
Felis catus Valdivia, Chile na Torres et al., 1972 [78]
Felis catus Sâo Paulo, Brazil 8.5% Fenerich et al., 1975 [144]
Felis catus Valdivia, Chile na Bonilla-Zepeda, 1980 [79]
Felis catus La Plata, and Buenos Aires Argentina 24.3%, 30.0% Idiart et al., 1986 [68]
Felis catus Corrientes, Argentina 30% Martinez et al., 1990 [85]
Felis catus Rosario, Argentina na Schiaffi et al., 1995 [86]
Felis catus Santa Maria, Brazil na Headley & Conrado, 1997 [71]
Puma yagouaroundi Leopardus geoffroyi Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil na Noronha et al., 2002 [99]
Felis catus Bogota, Colombia 1 case Salamanca, 2003 [14]
Felis catus Uberlândia, Brazil 18% Mundim et al., 2004 [72]
Felis catus Santa Maria, Brazil 5.9–25% (mean 18.6%, 1987–1996) Headley, 2005 [73]
Felis catus Buenos Aires, Argentina 2.6% Sommerfelt et al., 2006 [67]
Leopardus pardalis Bolivian Chaco 5 cases Fiorello et al., 2006 [82]
Leopardus geoffroyi 3 cases
F.catus domesticus Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1 case Ferreira et al., 2007 [88]
Felis catus Quindío, Colombia 0.21% (1/121) Echeverry et al., 2012 [16]
Felis catus Cuiaba and Várzea Grande, Matto Grosso, Brazil 1.3% Ramos et al., 2013 [74]
Felis catus Montevideo, Uruguay 2/8 Castro et al., 2013 [66]
Felis catus Río Bueno y La Unión, Provincia del Ranco, Chile 20/200 Oyarzún-Cadagán, 2013 [80]
Felis catus Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 29.5% Ehlers et al., 2013 [87]
Felis catus Buenos Aires, Argentina 35.3% (6/17) Cardillo et al., 2014 [91]
Leopardus wiedii, Leopardus tigrinus Natural park De Trê Barras, Três Barras, Brazil 38.1% , 35.7% Kusma et al., 2015 [15]
Leopardus colocolo Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 1 case Gressler et al., 2016 [75]
Felis catus Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 22/2036 (1998–2005) Pereira et al., 2017 [76]
Felis catus Caquetá, Colombia 1 case Sanchez-Rojas et al., 2017 [81]
Intermediate host species
Achatina fulica Rio de Janeiro, Goiás, Espırito Santo, Mato grosso, Sergippe and São Paulo, Brazil 5.57% (217/3806) Thiengo et al, 2008 [90]
Achatina fulica São Paulo, Brazil na Ohlweiler et al., 2010 [145]
Achatina fulica Puerto Iguazu, Argentina 2% Valente et al., 2017 [24]
Rumina decollate Buenos Aires, Argentina 80% (20/25) Cardillo et al., 2014 [91]

Abbreviations: na, not applicable