Volume 8, Number 3—March 2002
Dispatch
Enzootic Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Rats and Snails after an Outbreak of Human Eosinophilic Meningitis, Jamaica
John F. Lindo*, Cecilia Waugh*, John Hall*, Colette Cunningham-Myrie, Deanna Ashley, Mark L. Eberhard‡
, James J. Sullivan‡, Henry S. Bishop‡, David G. Robinson§, Timothy Holtz‡, and Ralph D. Robinson*
, James J. Sullivan‡, Henry S. Bishop‡, David G. Robinson§, Timothy Holtz‡, and Ralph D. Robinson*
Table
Recovery of Angiostrongylus cantonensis from rats and snails, Jamaica, 2000
| Location | Host | No. infected/no. examined (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Rats | ||
| Freeport | Rattus norvegicus R.rattus | 6/10 (60) 0/0 |
| Mandeville | R. norvegicus R. rattus | 10/17 (59) 0/0 |
| Black River | R. norvegicus R.rattus | 2/11 (18) 1/4 (25) |
| Kingston | R. norvegicus R.rattus | 1/12 (8) 1/11 (9) |
| Lucea | R. norvegicus R.rattus | 1/15 (7) 0/0 |
| Montego Bay | R. norvegicus R.rattus | 0/0 1/12 (8) |
| Port Antonio | R. norvegicus R.rattus | 0/8 0/3 |
| Lime Hall | R. norvegicus R.rattus | 0/1 1/1 (100) |
| Snails | ||
| Mandeville | Thelidomus asper | 4/10 (40) |
| Brown’s Town | Orthalicus jamaicensis Dentellaria sloaneana | 0/27 0/2 |
| Yallahs | Orthalicus jamaicensis | 0/6 |
| Scott’s Pass | Orthalicus jamaicensis | 0/3 |
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