Cysticercus fasciolaris in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Grenada, West Indies

Cat is the definitive host of Taenia taeniaeformis (T. taeniaeformis). Cysticercus fasciolaris (C. fasciolaris), the larval stage of T. taeniaeformis, develops in small rodents which act as intermediate host. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of C. fasciolaris in brown rats (Rattu...

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Main Authors: Ravindra Sharma, Keshaw Tiwari, Kristen Birmingham, Elan Armstrong, Andrea Montanez, Reneka Guy, Yvette Sepulveda, Veronica Mapp-Alexander, Claude DeAllie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Parasitology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1723406
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