Finding of Parastrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) in Rattus rattus in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-127

  Foronda, Pilar ^a   López González, Mercedes ^a   Miquel, Jordi ^b   Torres, Jordi ^b   Segovia, Matías ^b   Abreu Acosta, Néstor ^c   Casanova, Juan Carlos ^b   Valladares, Basilio ^a   Mas Coma, Santiago ^d   Bargues, María Dolores ^d   Feliu, Carlos ^b  

^a Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; ITS 2; Parastrongylus cantonensis; Parastrongylus dujardini; Rattus rattus; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

INTERMEDIATE HOST; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LUNG; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; PHYLOGENY; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAIL; SPAIN; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

GASTROPODA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MOLLUSCA; MURIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; NEMATODA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; VERMES;

EID: 77649179432     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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