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First report of Thelazia callipaeda infection in wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Portugal

BACKGROUND: Thelazia callipaeda is a zoonotic nematode that affects the eyes of domestic and wild animals, including dogs, cats and red foxes. This parasitic eye worm is transmitted by Phortica variegata, which is a zoophilic fruit fly spread in Europe. Two wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cunicul...

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Autores principales: Gama, Adelina, Pires, Isabel, Canado, Márcia, Coutinho, Teresa, Lopes, Ana Patrícia, Latrofa, Maria Stefania, Cardoso, Luís, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Otranto, Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27160400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1526-1