Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Urban Rats, Valencia, Spain, 2021 Galán Puchades, María Teresa Gómez Samblás, María Mercedes Osuna Carrillo De Albornoz, Antonio 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. 2023-02-21T11:52:23Z 2023-02-21T11:52:23Z 2022-12 journal article 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] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/80109 10.3201/eid2812.220418 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention