Angiostrongylus cantonensis in introduced gastropods in southern Florida

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-159

  Stockdale Walden, Heather D ^a   Slapcinsky, John ^a,b   Qvarnstrom, Yvonne ^a,c   McIntosh, Antoinette ^a   Bishop, Henry S ^a,c   Rosseland, Brent ^a,c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; NEMATODE; PRIMATE; REINTRODUCTION; RODENT; SNAIL;

ALCADIA STRIATA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BRADYBAENA SIMILARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT DISEASE; SNAIL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; UNITED STATES; ZACHRYSIA PROVISORIA; ANIMAL; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLE INFECTION; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ALABAMA; ASIA; CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ACHATINA FULICA; ALCADIA STRIATA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BRADYBAENA SIMILARIS; FULICA; GASTROPODA; PRIMATES; RATTUS; ZACHRYSIA PROVISORIA;

HELMINTH DNA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; FECES; FLORIDA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84928384596     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/14-553.1     Document Type: Article

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