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Volume 28, Number 6—June 2022
Research

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Nematode Invasion Pathway, Mallorca, Spain

Sofia Delgado-Serra1, Jessica Sola, Nieves Negre, and Claudia Paredes-Esquivel1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain (S. Delgado-Serra; C. Paredes-Esquivel); Consorci per a la Recuperació de la Fauna de les Illes Balears, Santa Eugènia, Spain (J. Sola, N. Negre)

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Table

Details and clinical information for Angiostrongylus cantonensis lungworm‒infected hedgehogs hospitalized at the Consorci per a la Recuperació de la Fauna de les Illes Balears wildlife hospital, Mallorca, Spain

Hedgehog specimen Location Date Clinical manifestations No. lungworms recovered
 Helminth 
co-infections
On skull In brain
AaAN1*
 Camp de Mar (Andratx)
 2018 Oct 13
 Pelvic limb ataxia, atonia, asthenia, behavioral decay, lateral recumbency
 0
 1
 None
AaPA1*
 Son Castelló (Palma)
 2018 Oct 23
 Pelvic limb ataxia, atonia, behavioral decay, lateral recumbency
 0
 5
 None
AaSP1
 Sa Pobla
 2019 Nov 11
 Asthenia, astasia, bicycling movements, lateral recumbency, skin lacerations
 1 male
0
 Crenosoma striatum (lungs)
AaAL1
 Alcúdia
 2019 Dec 23
 Astasia, bicycling movements, lateral recumbency
 0
 2 female, 2 male, 4 damaged specimens
 Crenosoma striatum (lungs)
AaSM1
 Santa Maria del Camí
 2020 Jan 28
 Astasia, bicycling movements, lateral recumbency
 0
 11 female, 191 male, 7 damaged specimens
 None
AaIN1
 Inca
 2020 Oct 28
 Astasia, bicycling movements, skin lacerations, lateral recumbency
 0
 6 female, 3 male, 9 damaged specimens
 Crenosoma striatum (lungs)
AaPA2
 Establiments (Palma)
 2020 Nov 26
 Astasia, bicycling movements, lateral recumbency
 2 female, 1 male, 1 damaged specimen
 33 female, 20 male, 11 damaged specimens
 Crenosoma striatum (lungs)
AaSN1 Calonge (Santanyí) 2020 Dec 28 Astasia, repetitive cycling movements, lateral recumbency 0 2 female Crenosoma striatum (lungs)

*Infected hedgehogs previously reported (12).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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