Project information
Invasive zoonotic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in endemic lizards

Project Identification
MUNI/IGA/1182/2021
Project Period
1/2022 - 12/2022
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
Masaryk University
MU Faculty or unit
Faculty of Science

The rat lungworm A. cantonensis is an invasive nematode with impact on human and animal health. It originates in South-East Asia but spread worldwide including foci near Europe, especially in fragile island ecosystems. Our recent findings of the parasite in endemic lizards Gallotia galloti in Tenerife open a range of questions related to a role of these paratenic hosts in transmission of A.c. in the Macaronesian ecosystem and the impact on lizards’ fitness.

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