Parasites in brains of wild rodents (Arvicolinae and Murinae) in the city of Leipzig, Germany.

ABSTRACT: Small rodents serve as intermediate or paratenic hosts for a variety of parasites and may participate in the transmission of these parasites into synanthropic cycles. Parasites with neuroinvasive stages, such as Toxoplasma gondii or Toxocara canis, can cause detrimental damage in the brain of intermediate or paratenic hosts. Therefore, the occurrence of neuroinvasive parasite stages was evaluated in brains of wild rodents captured in the city of Leipzig, Germany. In addition, a few specimens from the cities of Hanover, Germany, and Vienna, Austria were included, resulting in a total of 716 rodents collected between 2011 and 2016. Brains were investigated for parasitic stages by microscopic examination of native tissue, artificially digested tissue as well as Giemsa-stained di

SUBMITTER: Waindok P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6812005 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature