Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in the Ryukyu Islands tree rat (Diplothrix legata)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 322-325

  Okano, Tsukasa ^a   Haga, Atsushi ^a   Mizuno, Eriko ^a   Onuma, Manabu ^b   Nakaya, Yumiko ^b   Nagamine, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Conservation and Animal Welfare Trust ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Diplothrix legata; Genetic survey; Nematode infection; Ryukyu Islands tree rat; Yambaru area

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MURINAE; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; MURINAE; RODENT DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84921424751     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-03-050     Document Type: Article

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