A New Bursate Nematode Hepatojarakus malayae gen. et sp. nov. from the Liver of Rattus rattus jarak (Bonhote) on Pulau Jarak, Straits of Malacca

• Published in: Journal of Helminthology
• Main Author: Liang-Sheng, Yeh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1955
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; General Medicine; Parasitology; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00024214; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022149X00024214

A collection of parasitic worms was made from Rattus rattus jarak (Bonhote) from Pulau Jarak, “which lies in the middle of the Malacca Straits between Penang and Port Swettenham and some 85 miles from the Sembilan Islands opposite the Dindings.” (Audy, 1950). It was collected by Dr. J. R. Audy, Senior Research Officer of the Division of Virus Research and Medical Zoology, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur while investigating scrub-typhus on the island.