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Volume 6

Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy-Open Access

Infectious Diseases Congress 2018

November 15-16, 2018

November 15-16, 2018 Istanbul, Turkey

6

th

Annual Conference on

Parasitology & Infectious Diseases

Meysam Galyan Sharif Dini et al., J Infect Dis Ther 2018, Volume 6

DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C5-050

Helminthes in feral raccoon (

Procyon lotor

) as an alien species in Iran

Meysam Galyan Sharif Dini

1

, Keyhan Ashrafi

1

, Behnaz Rahmati

1

Omar M Amin

2

, Nader Karamzadeh

3

and Iraj Mobedi

4

1

Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

2

Institute of Parasitic of Diseases, USA

3

Gilan Provincial Office of the Department of the Environment (DOE), Iran

4

Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

R

accoon

(Procyon lotor)

is a native mammal in North and Central America. At present, as a result of escapes and deliberate

introductions in the mid-20

th

century, the raccoon is now distributed in several European and Asian countries such as

Japan, Germany and Iran. Objective of this study was to determine prevalence of gastrointestinal and tissue helminths from

feral raccoons in Guilan province. During 2015-2017, a total of 30 feral raccoons including 12 males and 18 females were

collected form Guilan province, northern Iran. The gastrointestinal tracts and tissues such as lung, liver and muscles were

examined for presence of helminths. 20 raccoons (66.7%) were found infected with five intestinal helminth species. The

prevalence of infection with

Strongyloides procyonis

Little, 1966 (Nematoda) was 63.3%,

Plagiorchis koreanus

Ogata, 1938

(Trematoda) (13.3%),

Centrorhynchus sp

. Luhe, 1911 (Acanthocephala) (10.0%),

Camerostrongylus didelphis

Wolfgang, 1951

(Nematoda) (3.3%), and

Spirocerca lupi

Rudolphi, 1809 (Nematoda) (3.3%). No larvae or adult worms were found in other

tissues of the examined raccoons. No larvae or adult worms were found in the tissues of examined raccoons. In current study,

most of the raccoons were infected with

S. procyonis

. Concerning public health importance of zoonotic parasites transmittable

through raccoons, the rapid control and decrease of population and distribution of raccoons in Iran is suggested.

Biography

Meysam Galyan Sharif Dini has completed his PhD in Medical Parasitology from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. He is currently working as an

Assistant Professor of the Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology at School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. His major research

interest includes Strongyloidiasis and Trichostrongyliasis. He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals and also has served as Reviewer of several

national and international journals.

sharifdini5@gmail.com