Endemic angiostrongyliasis in the Brazilian Amazon: Natural parasitism of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus, and sympatric giant African land snails, Achatina fulica

Acta Tropica

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-97

  Moreira, V L C ^a   Giese, E G ^b   Melo, F T V ^a   Simoes R O ^c   Thiengo, S C ^c   Maldonado, A ^c   Santos, J N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achatina fulica; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Brazil; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ENDEMISM; HOST PREFERENCE; INFECTIVITY; MENINGITIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITISM; RODENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ACHATINA FULICA; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPATRY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, HELMINTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

ACHATINA FULICA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BRADYBAENA SIMILARIS; GASTROPODA; POMACEA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; REYNOSIA GUAMA; RODENTIA; SARASINULA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; SUBULINA OCTONA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868680774     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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