%0 Journal Article
%T Distribution of Angiostrongylus vasorum and its gastropod intermediate hosts along the rural¨Curban gradient in two cities in the United Kingdom, using real time PCR
%A Ben Rowson
%A Carolyn Greig
%A Dan Forman
%A Elizabeth Daly
%A Eric R. Morgan
%A Nor Azlina A. Aziz
%A Simon Allen
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13071-016-1338-3
%X Angiostrongylus vasorum is a highly pathogenic metastrongylid nematode affecting dogs, which uses gastropod molluscs as intermediate hosts. The geographical distribution of the parasite appears to be heterogeneous or patchy and understanding of the factors underlying this heterogeneity is limited. In this study, we compared the species of gastropod present and the prevalence of A. vasorum along a rural¨Curban gradient in two cities in the south-west United Kingdom
%K Angiostrongylosis
%K Suburban
%K Gastropods
%K Epidemiology
%K Distribution
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736697/