Distribution of Paragonimus (Digenea: Troglotrematidae) in Antioquia Province, Colombia, based on metacercariae counts in freshwater crabs
Keywords:
Brachyura, Colombia, geographical localization of risk, host-parasite interactions, Trematoda, Paragonimus
Abstract
Introduction. Paragonimosis or lung fluke disease courses with signs similar to those seen in tuberculosis. The causative agent is a parasite of the genus Paragonimus (Digenea: Troglotrematidae). People become infected by ingesting raw or partially cooked crabs containing metacercariae. The first focus of human paragonimosis in Colombia was recorded in the county of Urrao, where two species of crabs infected with Paragonimus were found. In 2005, crabs with Paragonimus’ metacercariae were captured near Medellín, western Colombia. This prompted a search for the parasite in other locations through its presence in the crabs.Objective. To establish the distribution of Paragonimus in Antioquia, we evaluated the presence of metacercaria in freshwater brachyuran crabs.
Materials and methods. From 2005 to 2007, crabs were captured in 13 counties of Antioquia. The crabs were relaxed and dissected to determine presence of trematodes and then to make the taxonomic identifications.
Results. From 52 crabs captured in 9 counties, 42 (80.8%) were found with Paragonimus metacercariae. The crabs were identified as Pseudothelphusidae in 2 genera—Hypolobocera and Strengeriana— and were assigned to four species. Three of the species were recorded for the first time as hosts of Paragonimus.
Conclusions. A Paragonimus’ distribution map was constructed for Antioquia; for the first time urban zones were included. Because of the high rate of infection, the handling and consumption of raw and poorly cooked crabs pose risk factors for human infection. Because crabs are affordable and provide means of easy diagnosis, crabs are targeted as primary agents of and diagnostic tools for paragonmosis.
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4. Vélez ID, Velásquez LE. Paragonimosis una investigación multidisciplinaria en salud, biología y cultura en Colombia. Medellín: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia; 2002.
5. Alvarado L, Pariona R, Beltrán M. Casos de paragonimiasis (Paragonimiosis) en el Hospital Nacional Sergio E. Bernales (Lima, Perú). Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Pública. 2004;21:107-10.
6. Rumbea GJ. Paragonimiasis. Enfermedades infecciosas y parasitarias. Sao Paulo; 1982.
7. Little MD. Paragonimus caliensis sp. and paragonimiasis en Colombia. J Parasitol. 1968;54:738-46.
8. Buitrago B, Rodríguez G, Gómez G, Abril A. Paragonimiasis humana. Primera descripción de un caso colombiano. Biomédica. 1981;1:142-51.
9. Vélez ID, Ortega J, Hurtado M, Salazar AL. La paragonimosis en la comunidad indígena Embera de Colombia. Biomédica. 1995;27:51-4.
10. Vélez ID, Ortega J, Hurtado MI, Salazar AL, Robledo SM, Jiménez JN, et al. Epidemiology of paragonimiasis in Colombia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2000;94:1-3.
11. Velásquez LE, Restrepo S, Gómez MI, Velez I. Aspectos epidemiológicos del caracol Aroapyrgus sp. Rev Asoc Col Cienc Biol. 1999;11:7-15.
12. Campos RM, Rodríguez G. Three new species of Strengeriana from Colombia (Crustacea: Decápoda: Pseudothelphusidae). Proc Biol Soc Wash. 1993;106:508-13.
13. Campos RM, Rodríguez G. Two new species of freshwater crabs of genus Hypolobocera from Colombia (Crustacea: Decápoda: Pseudothelphusidae). Proc Biol Soc Wash. 1995;108:649-55.
14. Campos RM. A review of the freshwater crabs of the genus Hypolobocera Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), from Colombia. Proc Biol Soc Wash. 2003;116:754-802.
15. Campos RM. Freshwater crabs from Colombia. A taxonomic and distributional study. Bogotá, D.C.: Editorial Guadalupe Ltda.; 2005.
16. Vélez I, Velásquez LE, Vélez ID. Morphological description and life cycle of Paragonimus sp. (Trematoda: Troglotrematidae): causal agent of human paragonimiasis in Colombia. J Parasitol. 2003;89:749-55.
17. Gómez C, Valencia E, Velásquez LE. Estudio de foco de Paragonimus en Fuente Clara, Robledo área periurbana de Medellín, Antioquia (tesis). Medellín: Universidad de Antioquia; 2007.
18. Lamothe-Argumedo R. La paragonimosis en el continente americano. Salud Pública Mex. 1985;27:514- 23.
19. Rodríguez G, Magalhaes C. Recent advances in the biology of the Neotropical freshwater crab family Pseudothelphusidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachiura). Rev Bras Zool. 2005;22:354-65.
20. Ikeda T. Cystatin capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunodiagnosis of human paragonimiasis and fascioliasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1998;59:286-90.
21. Sugiyama H, Morishima Y, Kameoka Y, Kawanaka M. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based molecular discrimination between Paragonimus westermani and P. miyazakii at the metacercarial stage. Mol Cell Probes. 2002;16:231-6.
22. Narain K, Rekha DK, Mahanta J. Development of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serodiagnosis of human paragonimiasis. Indian J Med Res. 2005;121:739-46.
23. Rekha Dk, Narain K, Bhattacharya S, Negmu K, Agatsuma T, Blair D, et al. Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis due to Paragonimus heterotremus: molecular diagnosis, prevalence of infection and clinicoradiological features in an endemic area of northeastern India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2007;101:786-92.
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Velásquez LE, Uruburu M, Granada M. Distribution of Paragonimus (Digenea: Troglotrematidae) in Antioquia Province, Colombia, based on metacercariae counts in freshwater crabs. biomedica [Internet]. 2008 Dec. 1 [cited 2024 May 12];28(4):562-8. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/61
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