A longitudinal study of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in an urban population of Rattus norvegicus in Brazil: The influences of seasonality and host features on the pattern of infection

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Simões, Raquel O ^a,b   Júnior, Arnaldo Maldonado ^b   Olifiers, Natalie ^b   Garcia, Juberlan S ^b   Bertolino, Ana Valéria F A ^c   Luque, José L ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, pattern of infection, Brazil; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PREVALENCE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; AGE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; RODENT DISEASES; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

RAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84899125119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-100     Document Type: Article

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