Article
Genetic diversity of the cardiopulmonary canid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum within and between rural and urban fox populations.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2021
Tayyrov Annageldi, Schnetzler Michèle, Gillis-Germitsch Nina, Schnyder Manuela
Abstract excerpt
Angiostrongylus vasorum is an emerging parasitic cardiopulmonary nematode of dogs, foxes, and other canids. In dogs, the infection causes respiratory and bleeding disorders along with other clinical signs collectively known as canine angiostrongylosis, while foxes represent an important wildlife...
Topics
- Angiostrongylus
- Animals
- Animals, Wild
- Disease Reservoirs
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Foxes
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Phylogeography
- Rural Population
- Strongylida Infections
- Switzerland
- Urban Population