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

Galán Puchades, María Teresa; Gómez Samblás, María Mercedes; Osuna Carrillo De Albornoz, Antonio

doi:10.3201/eid2812.220418

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10481/80109

DOI: 10.3201/eid2812.220418

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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2022-12

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Galán-Puchades, M... [et al.] (2022). Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Urban Rats, Valencia, Spain, 2021. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(12), 2564-2567. [https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.220418]

Resumen

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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