Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Urban Rats, Valencia, Spain, 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Galán-Puchades, María Teresa ; Gómez-Samblás, Mercedes ; Osuna, Antonio ; Sáez-Durán, Sandra ; Bueno-Marí, Rubén ; Fuentes, Màrius V.
• Description:
  To determine the role of rats as potential reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, we examined rats trapped in urban sewers of Valencia, Spain, in 2021. Morphologic and molecular identification and sequencing identified autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis nematodes, the most common cause of human eosinophilic meningitis, in pulmonary arteries of Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus rats.
• Subjects:
  Angiostrongylus Cantonensis Animals Humans Lungworm Parasites Rats Rattus Norvegicus Rattus Rattus Strongylida Infections
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(12):2564-2567
• Pubmed ID:
  36418005
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9707565
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Research Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Spain
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:25896af48a3421dbac77d19109a6bb1f9d5475ee3cd5d52e641249a548223508
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123301/cdc_123301_DS1.pdf
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