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Evidence for direct transmission of the cat lungworm Troglostrongylus brevior (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2013

EMANUELE BRIANTI ,
GABRIELLA GAGLIO ,
ETTORE NAPOLI ,
LUIGI FALSONE ,
SALVATORE GIANNETTO ,
MARIA STEFANIA LATROFA ,
ALESSIO GIANNELLI ,
FILIPE DANTAS-TORRES  and
DOMENICO OTRANTO
EMANUELE BRIANTI*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
GABRIELLA GAGLIO
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
ETTORE NAPOLI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
LUIGI FALSONE
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
SALVATORE GIANNETTO
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
MARIA STEFANIA LATROFA
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
ALESSIO GIANNELLI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
FILIPE DANTAS-TORRES
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy Departamento de Imunologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brazil
DOMENICO OTRANTO
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
*
*Corresponding author. Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy. Tel./Fax: +39 090 3503716. E-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

Metastrongyloids of cats are emerging pathogens that may cause fatal broncho-pulmonary disease. Infestation of definitive hosts occurs after ingestion of intermediate or paratenic hosts. Among metastrongyloids of cats, Troglostrongylus brevior and Troglostrongylus subcrenatus (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae) have recently been described as agents of severe broncho-pulmonary disease. Here, we provide, for the first time, observational evidence suggesting the direct transmission of T. brevior from queen cat to suckling kittens. This new knowledge will have a significant impact on current scientific information of this parasite and shed new light into the biology and epidemiology of metastrongyloid nematodes.

Keywords

Troglostrongylus breviorbiologylactational transmissioncatkitten
Type
Parasitology Express
Information
Parasitology , Volume 140 , Issue 7 , June 2013 , pp. 821 - 824
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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