Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Blood and Peripheral Tissues of Wild Hawaiian Rats (Rattus rattus) by a Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Assay.

Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Blood and Peripheral Tissues of Wild Hawaiian Rats (Rattus rattus) by a Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Assay.

The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a rat lungworm, a zoonotic pathogen that causes human eosinophilic meningitis and ocular angiostrongyliasis characteristic of rat lungworm (RLW) disease. Definitive diagnosis is made by finding and identifying A. cantonensis larvae in the cerebral spinal f...

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Main Authors: Susan I Jarvi, William C Pitt, Margaret E Farias, Laura Shiels, Michael G Severino, Kathleen M Howe, Steven H Jacquier, Aaron B Shiels, Karis K Amano, Blaine C Luiz, Daisy E Maher, Maureen L Allison, Zachariah C Holtquist, Neil T Scheibelhut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4409314?pdf=render

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