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1 October 2005 STRONGYLOIDES RATTI INFECTION IN THE LARGE INTESTINE OF WILD RATS, RATTUS NORVEGICUS
Yoshimi Shintoku, Eisaku Kimura, Teruki Kadosaka, Hideo Hasegawa, Shigeo Kondo, Makoto Itoh, Mohammad Zahidul Islam
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Abstract

The large intestine of a rat has been neglected almost completely as a site of Strongyloides sp. infection. We reported that adult Strongyloides ratti remained in the large intestine for more than 80 days, producing more number of infective larvae than small intestine adults, and therefore hypothesized that parasitism in this site could be a survival strategy. In wild rats, however, no study has focused on large intestine infections of Strongyloides. The present study revealed that 32.4% of 68 wild rats, Rattus norvegicus, had the infection of S. ratti in the large intestine, with an average of 4.7 worms. These worms harbored normal eggs in the uterus. In a laboratory experiment with S. ratti and Wister rats, daily output of infective larvae by 4.7 females in the large intestine was estimated to be 4,638.4, suggesting that a few parasites could play a role in the parasite transmission. Five species of nematode found in the wild rats showed seasonality in infection intensity, with highest intensities in March–May. The number of S. ratti in the large intestine was also highest in these months.

Yoshimi Shintoku, Eisaku Kimura, Teruki Kadosaka, Hideo Hasegawa, Shigeo Kondo, Makoto Itoh, and Mohammad Zahidul Islam "STRONGYLOIDES RATTI INFECTION IN THE LARGE INTESTINE OF WILD RATS, RATTUS NORVEGICUS," Journal of Parasitology 91(5), 1116-1121, (1 October 2005). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3439.1
Received: 2 June 2004; Accepted: 1 February 2005; Published: 1 October 2005
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