Prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in commensal rats in Bombay
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Helminthology
- Vol. 56 (4), 345-349
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00034751
Abstract
The prevalence Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a metastrongylid lungworm of rats, was investigated in three common species of rodents in the Greater Bombay area, namely, Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus and Bandicota bengalensis. In all, 737 R. norvegicus, 100 R. rattus and 100 B. bengalensis were examined and the presence of A. cantonensis infection was noticed in R. norvegicus (1·62%). About 800 slugs (Laevicaulis alte) were examined and were found to harbour third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The first record ofAngiostrongylus cantonensis from EgyptZeitschrift Fur Parasitenkunde-Parasitology Research, 1978