Parasite Fauna and Coinfections in Urban Rats Naturally Infected by the Zoonotic Parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis

• Published in: Pathogens
• Main Authors: María Teresa Galán-Puchades, Carla Gosálvez, María Trelis, Mercedes Gómez-Samblás, Jennifer Solano-Parada, Antonio Osuna, Sandra Sáez-Durán, Rubén Bueno-Marí, Marius V. Fuentes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; parasite fauna; coinfections; Medicine; R; Hellem
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13010028; https://doaj.org/article/8afaf34f369a4663bd3ec1aba4c16c09

When the zoonotic parasite of rodents that can cause human neuroangiostrongyliasis, i.e., Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is found in its natural definitive hosts, it is usually reported in isolation, as if the rat lungworm were the only component of its parasite community. In this study, we report the...