High prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) on eastern Hawai‘i Island: A closer look at life cycle traits and patterns of infection in wild rats (Rattus spp.)

The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic pathogen and the etiological agent of human angiostrongyliasis or rat lungworm disease. Hawai‘i, particularly east Hawai‘i Island, is the epicenter for angiostrongyliasis in the USA. Rats (Rattus spp.) are the definitive hosts while gastropods a...

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Autores principales: Jarvi, Susan I., Quarta, Stefano, Jacquier, Steven, Howe, Kathleen, Bicakci, Deniz, Dasalla, Crystal, Lovesy, Noelle, Snook, Kirsten, McHugh, Robert, Niebuhr, Chris N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5734720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29252992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189458

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