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Prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis among different species of snails in the village of Bagong Sikat Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines and its associated risk factors for zoonotic transmission

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Snails are good source of protein and one of the delicacies in majority of the areas in the Philippines. However, they may act as an intermediate host for several parasites such as Angiostrongylus cantonensis. This parasite is commonly found in South East Asia especially in agricultural countries like the Philippines. Hence, the present study aims to determine the prevalence of A. cantonensis in their intermediate host in Village Bagong Sikat, which is situated at the rice granary of the Philippines. A total of 947 snails were randomly collected within 50 m × 50 m transect line through handpicked method. The third larvae (L3) stage from the snails was recovered through artificial tissue digestion. Results showed that 173 out of 947 snails (18.27%) were found positive with A. cantonensis L3 larvae. Three species of snails were recovered having Melanoides tuberculata to have the highest prevalence of A. cantonensis (21.54%) followed by Pomacea canaliculata (17.75%) and Vivipara angularis (17.74%). Statistical analysis further showed that prevalence of A. cantonensis and the length of snails has no significant difference (p > 0.05). The species of snails collected and found infected in the present study are considered part of the delicacies of the locals in Nueva Ecija. Thus, these results highlight the need to raise awareness of the locals regarding the zoonotic potential of A. cantonensis, which are of public health importance.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to express our deepest appreciation and gratitude to the locals of Village Bagong Sikat, Munoz, Nueva Ecija, who have the great participation for the success of our study and CLSU-Environmental Science students, faculty and laboratory assistants, who helped, guide and provided us facilities and equipment.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Southern Luzon State University, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines

    Jerico R. Cawas, Christine Joy T. Quisao & Kathleen O. Pornobi

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

    Diane Shiela C. Castillo

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Conceived and designed the experiments: JRC, CJTQ, DSCC, KOP; Performed the experiment, data analysis: JRC, CJTQ; all authors participated in writing the final paper.

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Cawas, J.R., Quisao, C.J.T., Castillo, D.S.C. et al. Prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis among different species of snails in the village of Bagong Sikat Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines and its associated risk factors for zoonotic transmission. J Parasit Dis 44, 388–394 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01200-0

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