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Seroprevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Wild Rodents from the Canary Islands

BACKGROUND: Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a lungworm of rats (Muridae) that is the causative agent of human cerebral angiostrongyliasis. The life cycle of A. cantonensis involves rats and mollusks as the definitive and intermediate hosts, respectively. This study was designed to increase the knowle...

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Autores principales: Martin-Alonso, Aarón, Foronda, Pilar, Quispe-Ricalde, María Antonieta, Feliu, Carlos, Valladares, Basilio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3215735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22110752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027747