ABSTRACT
In a concluding session of the workshop, the participants developed a list of 115 research and outreach needs, outlining the top 5-7 needs in each of 8 areas (Table). For complete information, including presenter details and abstracts, visit the workshop website at www.hawaii.edu/cowielab/Angio%20website%20home.htm.
Subject(s)
Communicable Diseases, Emerging , Foodborne Diseases , Strongylida Infections , Animals , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/diagnosis , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/epidemiology , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/etiology , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/prevention & control , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/therapy , Foodborne Diseases/diagnosis , Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology , Foodborne Diseases/etiology , Foodborne Diseases/prevention & control , Foodborne Diseases/therapy , Humans , International Cooperation , Mollusca/parasitology , Research/trends , Seafood/poisoning , Snails/parasitology , Strongylida Infections/diagnosis , Strongylida Infections/epidemiology , Strongylida Infections/etiology , Strongylida Infections/prevention & control , Strongylida Infections/therapyABSTRACT
The population distribution and zoonotic potential of gastrointestinal helminths in a naturally infected population of wild rats (Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus) in Jamaica are described. One hundred and thirty (29.7%) of 437 rats captured in the study were infected: 104 (35%) of 297 R. rattus compared with 26 (18.6%) of 140 R. norvegicus. Nine species of gastrointestinal helminths were recovered: Raillietina sp. (0.2%), Trichuris sp. (0.2%), Rictularia sp. (0.7%), Syphacia obvelata (1.1%), Strongyloides ratti (1.4%), Hymenolepis diminuta (3.8%), Protospirura muricola (4.3%), Moniliformis moniliformis (11.2%), and Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (14.2%). In a logistic model, the single risk factor identified for both M. moniliformis and P. muricola was R. rattus, compared with R. norvegicus (OR = 8.369 and 9.714, respectively). In comparison, the risk factor predicted for infection with N. brasiliensis was the northeastern section of Jamaica (OR = 11.000) compared with western Jamaica. Rictularia sp. represents a new geographic distribution record for the Caribbean region. Hymenolepis diminuta, M. moniliformis, Raillietina sp., and Rictularia sp. are potentially zoonotic, but only human infection with H. diminuta has been previously reported in the Caribbean.
