Hostname: page-component-7479d7b7d-q6k6v Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-11T15:09:02.908Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Fasciola hepatica in Cuba: compatibility of different isolates with two intermediate snail hosts, Galba cubensis and Pseudosuccinea columella

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2013

A.A. Vázquez ,
J. Sánchez ,
J.-P. Pointier ,
A. Théron  and
S. Hurtrez-Boussès
A.A. Vázquez
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Malacología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Apartado Postal 601, Marianao 13, La Habana, Cuba
J. Sánchez
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Malacología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Apartado Postal 601, Marianao 13, La Habana, Cuba
J.-P. Pointier
Affiliation:
USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Criobe Université de Perpignan, 66860Perpignan, France
A. Théron*
Affiliation:
CNRS, Ecologie et Evolution des Interactions, UMR 5244, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860Perpignan, France
S. Hurtrez-Boussès
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR 2724 CNRS-IRD, IRD 911 avenue Agropolis, BP64501, 34394Montpellier Cedex 5, France
*
* E-mail: theron@univ-perp.fr
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

In Cuba, only two lymnaeid snails, Galba cubensis and Pseudosuccinea columella, with different ecology and distribution patterns, are intermediate hosts for Fasciola hepatica. The compatibility of these two species as hosts was analysed through their rates of infection, the production of rediae and survivorship when exposed to F. hepatica miracidia. Ten populations of G. cubensis, eight of P. columella collected from various habitats and six isolates of F. hepatica sampled in slaughterhouses from different localities were tested. Our results clearly demonstrate that G. cubensis is a more compatible host for F. hepatica in Cuba when compared with P. columella. However, the role that P. columella may have in fascioliasis transmission under certain conditions should not be disregarded. Variation in infectivity among isolates of F. hepatica were also observed and may explain why some regions in Cuba are more commonly subjected to fascioliasis outbreaks.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 88 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 434 - 440
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bargues, M. & Mas-Coma, S. (1997) Phylogenetic analysis of lymnaeid snails based on 18s rDNA sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution 14, 569–577.Google Scholar
Beovides, L., Silveira, E., Pérez, J. & Olazábal, E. (2006) Evaluación de los factores que inciden en la mortalidad por fascioliasis en la provincia de Villa Clara, Cuba. Revista Electrónica de Veterinaria 7, n020206.Google Scholar
Calienes, A., Fraga, J., Pointier, J.-P., Yong, M., Sánchez, J., Coustau, C., Gutiérrez, A. & Théron, A. (2004) Detection and genetic distance of resistant populations of Pseudosuccinea columella (Mollusca: Lymnaeidae) to Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda: Digenea) using RAPD markers. Acta Tropica 92, 83–87.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Caron, Y., Rondelaud, D. & Losson, B. (2008) The detection and quantification of a digenean infection in the snail host with special emphasis on Fasciola sp. Parasitology Research 103, 735–744.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Coelho, L., Lima, W. & Guimarães, M. (2009) Sympatric and allopatric combinations of Lymnaea columella and Fasciola hepatica from southern and south-eastern Brazil. Journal of Helminthology 83, 285–288.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Correa, A., Escobar, J.S., Durand, P., Renaud, F., David, P., Jarne, P., Pointier, J.-P. & Hurtrez-Boussès, S. (2010) Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, 1–12.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Correa, A., Escobar, J.S., Noya, O., Velasquez, L.E., Gonzalez-Ramirez, C., Hurtrez-Boussès, S. & Pointier, J.-P. (2011) Morphological and molecular characterization of Neotropic Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Lymnaeoidea), vectors of fascioliasis. Infection Genetics and Evolution 11, 1978–1988.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cruz-Reyes, A. & Malek, E. (1987) Suitability of six lymnaeid snails for infection with Fasciola hepatica. Veterinary Parasitology 24, 203–210.Google Scholar
Gandon, S. & Michalakis, Y. (2002) Local adaptation, evolutionary potential and host–parasite coevolution: interactions between migration, mutation, population size and generation time. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15, 451–462.Google Scholar
Gandon, S., Capowiez, Y., Dubois, Y., Michalakis, Y. & Olivieri, I. (1996) Local adaptation and gene-for-gene coevolution in a metapopulation model. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 263, 1003–1009.Google Scholar
Gasnier, N., Rondelaud, D., Abrous, M., Carreras, F., Boulard, C., Diez-Baños, P. & Cabaret, J. (2000) Allopatric combination of Fasciola hepatica and Lymnaea truncatula is more efficient than sympatric ones. International Journal for Parasitology 30, 573–578.Google Scholar
Goumghar, M., Dreyfuss, G., Rondelaud, D., Benlemlih, M. & Cabaret, J. (2001) More efficient allopatric combinations of Fasciola hepatica and Lymnaea truncatula due to modification of redial development? Parasitology Research 87, 1016–1019.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Gutiérrez, A., Perera, G., Yong, M., Sánchez, J. & Wong, L. (2000) Life-history traits of Fossaria cubensis (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) under experimental exposure to Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda: Digenea). Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 95, 747–752.Google Scholar
Gutiérrez, A., Yong, M., Perera, G., Sánchez, J. & Théron, A. (2002) Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda: Digenea): its effect on the life history traits of Pseudosuccinea columella (Gasteropoda: Lymnaeidae), an uncommon interaction. Parasitology Research 88, 535–539.Google Scholar
Gutiérrez, A., Pointier, J.-P., Yong, M., Sánchez, J. & Théron, A. (2003) Evidence of phenotypic differences between resistant and susceptible isolates of Pseudosuccinea columella (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) to Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda: Digenea) in Cuba. Parasitology Research 90, 129–134.Google Scholar
Gutiérrez, A., Hernández, D. & Sánchez, J. (2005) Variation of snail's abundance in two water bodies harboring strains of Pseudosuccinea columella resistant and susceptible to Fasciola hepatica miracidial infection, in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 100, 725–727.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gutiérrez, A., Vásquez, A.A., Hevia, Y., Sánchez, J., Correa, A.C., Hurtrez-Boussès, S., Pointier, J.-P. & Théron, A. (2011) First report of larval stages of Fasciola hepatica in a wild population of Pseudosuccinea columella from Cuba and the Caribbean. Journal of Helminthology 85, 109–111.Google Scholar
Hurtrez-Boussès, S., Meunier, C., Durand, C. & Renaud, F. (2001) Dynamics of host–parasite interactions: the example of population biology of the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica). Microbes and Infection 3, 841–849.Google Scholar
Mas-Coma, S., Bargues, M. & Valero, M. (2005) Fascioliasis and other plant-borne trematode zoonoses. International Journal for Parasitology 35, 1255–1278.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mas-Coma, S., Valero, M.A. & Bargues, M.D. (2009) Fasciola, lymnaeids and human fascioliasis, with a global overview on disease transmission, epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, molecular epidemiology and control. Advances in Parasitology 69, 41–146.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Moriena, R., Moriena, R.A., Alvarez, J.D., Pietrokovsky, S., Rubel, D., Prepelitchi, L., Racioppi, O. & Wisnivesky, C. (2008) Presencia de Pseudosuccinea columella naturalmente infestada con Fasciola hepatica en Santo Tomé (Corrientes, Argentina). Revista Veterinaria 19, 147–149.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nicot, A., Dubois, M.P., Debain, C., David, P. & Jarne, P. (2008) Characterization of 15 microsatellite loci in the pulmonate snail Pseudosuccinea columella (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Molecular Ecology Resources 8, 1281–1284.Google Scholar
Oliveira, S., Fujii, T., Filha, E. & Martins, A. (2002) Ocôrrencia de Lymnaea columella Say, 1817 infectada naturalmente por Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758), no vale do Ribeira, Saõ Paulo, Brasil. Arquivos do Instituto Biologico, Saõ Paulo 1, 29–37.Google Scholar
Osnas, E. & Lively, C. (2011) Parasite dose, prevalence of infection and local adaptation in a host–parasite system. Parasitology Research 109, 675–687.Google Scholar
Perera, G. (1996) Ecologie des mollusques d'eau douce d'intérêt médical et vétérinaire à Cuba. PhD Thesis, University of Perpignan.Google Scholar
Rojas, L., Vázquez, A., Domenech, I. & Robertson, L. (2010) Fascioliasis: can Cuba conquer this emerging parasitosis? Trends in Parasitology 26, 26–34.Google Scholar
Rondelaud, D., Vignoles, P. & Dreyfuss, G. (2004) Fasciola hepatica: the developmental patterns of redial generations in naturally infected Galba truncatula. Parasitology Research 94, 183–187.Google Scholar
Rondelaud, D., Hourdin, P., Vignoles, P. & Dreyfuss, G. (2005) The contamination of wild watercress with Fasciola hepatica in central France depends on the ability of several lymnaeid snails to migrate upstream towards the beds. Parasitology Research 95, 305–309.Google Scholar
Sánchez, R., Perera, G. & Sánchez, J. (1995) Cultivo de Fossaria cubensis (Pfeiffer) (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) hospedero intermediario de Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus) en Cuba. Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 47, 71–73.Google Scholar
Vázquez, A., Sánchez, J. & Hevia, Y. (2009) Distribución y preferencia de hábitats de moluscos hospederos intermediarios de Fasciola hepatica en Cuba. Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 61, 248–253.Google Scholar