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

• Published in: Pathogens
• Main Authors: Galán Puchades, María Teresa, Gosálvez, Carla, Trelis, María, Gómez Samblás, María Mercedes, Solano Parada, Jennifer, Osuna Carrillo De Albornoz, Antonio, Sáez Durán, Sandra, Bueno Marí, Rubén, Fuentes, Marius V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2023
• Subjects: Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; Hellem
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10481/91243; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13010028

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...