Morphological and molecular identification of hymenolepidid cestodes in children and synanthropic rodents from rural Mexico

• Published in: Parasitology International
• Main Authors: Panti May, Jesús Alonso, Servian, Andrea, Ferrari, Walter Antonio Oscar, Zonta, Maria Lorena, Hernández Mena, David I., Hernández Betancourt, Silvia F., Robles, Maria del Rosario, Machain Williams, Carlos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ireland
• Subjects: HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; HYMENOLEPIS MICROSTOMA; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; ZOONOSIS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3; Argentina; Paraíso; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/140385

Hymenolepidid cestodes of synanthropic rodents represent a risk for public health. In order to describe the occurrence of hymenolepidids in children and the role of rodents as a potential source of infection, we conducted a morphological and molecular survey on cestodes in two rural villages from Yu...