Host infection spectrum and comprehensive control of Angiostrongylus cantonensis under the framework of One Health

doi:10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2026.04.017

Abstract

Abstract:

Angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection, with snails and rodents as its major reservoir and transmission hosts. With the development of international trade, and tourism and changes of ecological environments, the interaction of human-animal-environment interface is becoming more and more frequent, resulting in a significant increase in the risk of angiostrongyliasis transmission. The One Health concept advocates a systematic response to public health challenges through interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaborations. Based on the One Health perspective, this article systematically reviews the life cycle, epidemiological characteristics, clinical diagnosis and treatment of A. cantonensis, and A. cantonensis infections in host animals, analyzes the environmental factors associated with the development and transmission of angiostrongyliasis, and proposes angiostrongyliasis control strategies, with aims to reduce angiostrongyliasis transmission risk and achieve the healthy and coordinated development of humans, animals and environmental ecology.

Key words: Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Host infection spectrum, Comprehensive control, One Health

CLC Number:

R532.19

LIU Xiadie, YIN Jiaxiang. Host infection spectrum and comprehensive control of Angiostrongylus cantonensis under the framework of One Health[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES, 2026, 44(4): 572-578.

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国家	中间宿主	中间宿主携带率	终末宿主	终末宿主携带率	参考文献
泰国	福寿螺、Pila virescens	1.7%~33.3%	未报告	未报告	[31-32]
中国	褐云玛瑙螺、福寿螺	1.0%~17.2%	褐家鼠、臭鼩鼱	0~11.1%	[25-27,29 -30]
菲律宾	福寿螺	2.4%（17/719）	黄胸鼠、褐家鼠	38.9%（21/54）	[33]
西班牙	散斑角蜗牛	4.8%（7/145）	褐家鼠	11.2%（14/125）	[34-35]
意大利	Deroceras laeve	2.3%（8/352）	褐家鼠、黑家鼠	40.6%（13/32）	[7]
法国	褐云玛瑙螺	15.7%~38.8%	褐家鼠	12.7%（66/519）	[36-37]
马达加斯加	褐云玛瑙螺	26.9%（35/130）	褐家鼠	2.6%（2/78）	[22]
美国	福寿螺、马氏盾勇螺	0.5%~86.2%	缅鼠、黑家鼠	20.0%~63.8%	[4-5,24]
海地	未报告	未报告	黑家鼠、褐家鼠	32.9%（23/70）	[38]
巴西	褐云玛瑙螺	10.1%（31/306）	褐家鼠	33.3%（56/168）	[39-40]
澳大利亚	未报告	未报告	褐家鼠、黑家鼠	29.0%（9/31）	[41]