Dioctophyme renale (Nematoda: Dioctophymatoidea) in the abdominal cavity of Rattus norvegicus in Japan

作者：Tokiwa Toshihiro^*; Harunari Tsunehito; Tanikawa Tsutornu; Akao Nobuaki; Ohta Nobuo

来源：Parasitology International, 2011, 60(3): 324-326.

DOI：10.1016/j.parint.2011.03.003

• Dioctophyme renale
• Dioctophymatosis
• Rattus norvegicus
• Brown rat
• Molecular diagnosis
• SSU rDNA

We collected 24 brown rats, Rattus norvegicus. in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan and found one rat harboring a dioctophymatid nematode. A single male and a female worm were recovered from the abdominal cavity and were identified as Dioctophyme renale based on morphologic features and a BLAST DNA sequence analysis. We describe the morphological features of the adult worms and eggs from this extremely rare case of D. renale infection in a brown rat.

• 出版日期2011-9