The bandicoot rat, a new host record for Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Indonesia.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1976 Mar; (1): 41-4
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in English
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| ID: sea-34777
ABSTRACT
A survey for Angiostrongylus cantonensis in possible definitive and intermediate hosts was conducted in Ancol, Jakarta. Adult worms were found in 43% of bandicoot rats, Bandicota indica setifera, in 14% of Rattus rattus diardii and 36% of the Achatina fulica were infected with larval forms of the parasite. The finding of the parasite in the bandicoot rat constitutes a new host record for Indonesia.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Rats
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Disease Reservoirs
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Indonesia
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Animals
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Metastrongyloidea
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1976
Type:
Article
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