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 |
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis | Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang. | Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, Pomacea canaliculate, Achatina fulica | – | 334 | |
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% | – | |
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) | – | |
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 | |
Capillaria hepatica | – | R. norvegicus, M. musculus | – | 3 |