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Autochthonous Angiostrongylus Cantonensis Lungworms in Urban Rats, Valencia, Spain, 2021

Overview
Journal Emerg Infect Dis
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2022 Nov 23
PMID 36418005
Authors
Maria Teresa Galan-Puchades
Mercedes Gomez-Samblas
Antonio Osuna
Sandra Saez-Duran
Ruben Bueno-Mari
Marius V Fuentes
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Abstract

To determine the role of rats as potential reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, we examined rats trapped in urban sewers of Valencia, Spain, in 2021. Morphologic and molecular identification and sequencing identified autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis nematodes, the most common cause of human eosinophilic meningitis, in pulmonary arteries of Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus rats.

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