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Table 7 Reported distribution and case reports of zoonotic parasites carried by invasive alien species in China

From: Zoonotic parasites carried by invasive alien species in China

Parasites

Location of report

Reported local invasive alien host

Infection rate in investigated population

Number of Case reports

Reference

Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang.

Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, Pomacea canaliculate, Achatina fulica

–

334

[34, 96]

Paragonimus westermani

Hunan, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi, Fujian

Procambarus clarkii

1.71%

–

[47, 48]

Haplorchis taichui

Guangxi

Cyprinus carpio, C. auratus

24.3–90.5% (in people with a habit of consuming raw fish)

–

[70]

Clonorchis sinensis

Guangdong, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hunan, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Hainan, Tianjin, Sichuan, Henan, Shandong, Hubei, Guizhou, Xinjiang, Hebei, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Shanxi, Beijing, Yunnan, Shanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang

C. auratus, C carpio, O. mossambica

2.4% (about 12.5 million people)

–

[73,74,75]

Diphyllobothrium latum

Taiwan, Heilongjiang, Jilin

Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salvelinus forntinalis, Stizostedion vitreum, Perca flavescens

–

16

[77]

Gnathostoma spp.

Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Fujian, Shanghai, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang

C. carpio, C. auratus

–

More than 50

[79]

Babesia microti

Chongqing, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang

R. tanezumi, R. norvegicus

–

27

[98]

Echinococcus multilocularis

northwest China, mainly Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu, Sichuan and Qinghai

R. norvegicus, M. musculus

–

Over 1000

[100,101,102]

Capillaria hepatica

–

R. norvegicus, M. musculus

–

3

[103, 104]

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