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Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Blood and Peripheral Tissues of Wild Hawaiian Rats (Rattus rattus) by a Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Assay

The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a rat lungworm, a zoonotic pathogen that causes human eosinophilic meningitis and ocular angiostrongyliasis characteristic of rat lungworm (RLW) disease. Definitive diagnosis is made by finding and identifying A. cantonensis larvae in the cerebral spinal f...

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Autores principales: Jarvi, Susan I., Pitt, William C., Farias, Margaret E., Shiels, Laura, Severino, Michael G., Howe, Kathleen M., Jacquier, Steven H., Shiels, Aaron B., Amano, Karis K., Luiz, Blaine C., Maher, Daisy E., Allison, Maureen L., Holtquist, Zachariah C., Scheibelhut, Neil T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25910229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123064