Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Urban Rats, Valencia, Spain, 2021

To determine the role of rats as potential reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, we examined rats trapped in urban sewers of Valencia, Spain, in 2021. Morphologic and molecular identification and sequencing identified autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis nematodes, the most common cause of human eo...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: María Teresa Galán-Puchades, Mercedes Gómez-Samblás, Antonio Osuna, Sandra Sáez-Durán, Rubén Bueno-Marí, Màrius V. Fuentes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
Subjects:
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
lungworm
Rattus norvegicus
Rattus rattus
rats
Valencia
Medicine
R
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.220418
https://doaj.org/article/9cbfba7f6ea44e48be013f319d5a8f65
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Summary:To determine the role of rats as potential reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, we examined rats trapped in urban sewers of Valencia, Spain, in 2021. Morphologic and molecular identification and sequencing identified autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis nematodes, the most common cause of human eosinophilic meningitis, in pulmonary arteries of Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus rats.

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