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=== '''''ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM''''' ===
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*Infects dogs and foxes.
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*A typical metastrongyloid, with the adult worms living in the pulmonary arteries and the right side of the heart.
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|name              =''Angiostrongylus vasorum
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|kingdom            =Animalia
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|phylum            =[[:Category:Nematodes|Nematoda]]
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|class              =Secernentea
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|sub-class          =
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|order              =Strongylida
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|super-family      =[[:Category:Metastrongyloidea|Metastrongyloidea]]
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|family            =[[:Category:Angiostrongylidae|Angiostrongylidae]]
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|genus              =Angiostrongylus
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|species            ='''''A. vasorum'''''
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==== Life-Cycle ====
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Also known as: '''''Haemostrongylus vasorum
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Adults (approximately 2cm), produce anticoagulants to reduce thrombus formation leading to coagulation disorders:
 
  
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→ eggs laid into pulmonary arteries
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==Hosts==
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'''Definitive host''': Dogs and foxes.
  
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→ trapped in lung capillaries
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'''Intermediate host''': Mainly snails and slugs.
  
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→ larvae (with merastrongyloid kinky tail) hatch out
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It exists mainly in Western Europe - not established in the USA.
  
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→ alveoli (causing a small injury)
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==Identification==
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''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' is a parasite of the family [[Angiostrongylidae]].  The adults are slender, and measure around 2cm in length.  The males have a small bursa.
  
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==Life Cycle==
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The adults are ovo-viviparous.  The adults lay eggs in the pulmonary arteries.  The eggs then hatch in the capillaries.  The first stage larvae migrate into the alveoli and then the trachea.  They are swallowed, enter the intestinal system and are then passed in the faeces.  The intermediate host then becomes infected, which later infects the definitive host. 
  
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→ swallowed
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The larvae then develop in the definitive host, and migrate via the mesenteric lymph nodes, and the blood where they affect the heart, primarily the right ventricle.
  
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→ passed in faeces
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Adults establish within the pulmonary arterial tree and can lead to pulmonary thrombosis  and pulmonary hypertension. The clinical disease is '''[[Angiostrongylosis]]'''.
  
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→ slug (intermediate host)
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[[Category:Angiostrongylidae]][[Category:Dog_Nematodes]]
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==== Epidemiology ====
 
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Once restricted to Southern Ireland and Cornwall, this lungworm is spreading across the British Isles and is now endemic in the South-East. The fox may act as a reservoir of infection.
 
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[[Category:Metastrongyloidea]][[Category:Dog_Nematodes]]
 

Latest revision as of 17:44, 4 June 2016


Angiostrongylus vasorum
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Nematoda
Class Secernentea
Order Strongylida
Super-family Metastrongyloidea
Family Angiostrongylidae
Genus Angiostrongylus
Species A. vasorum

Also known as: Haemostrongylus vasorum

Hosts

Definitive host: Dogs and foxes.

Intermediate host: Mainly snails and slugs.

It exists mainly in Western Europe - not established in the USA.

Identification

Angiostrongylus vasorum is a parasite of the family Angiostrongylidae. The adults are slender, and measure around 2cm in length. The males have a small bursa.

Life Cycle

The adults are ovo-viviparous. The adults lay eggs in the pulmonary arteries. The eggs then hatch in the capillaries. The first stage larvae migrate into the alveoli and then the trachea. They are swallowed, enter the intestinal system and are then passed in the faeces. The intermediate host then becomes infected, which later infects the definitive host.

The larvae then develop in the definitive host, and migrate via the mesenteric lymph nodes, and the blood where they affect the heart, primarily the right ventricle.

Adults establish within the pulmonary arterial tree and can lead to pulmonary thrombosis and pulmonary hypertension. The clinical disease is Angiostrongylosis.


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