Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Muskrat Case
2.2. The Dog Case
2.3. Morphological Identification: Microscopy
2.4. Molecular Identification: PCR
3. Results
3.1. The Muskrat Case
3.2. The Dog Case
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhang, Y.; Abdu, A.; Wu, T.; Forzán, M.J.; Hammer, K.; Lejeune, M. Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States. Pathogens 2023, 12, 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020204
Zhang Y, Abdu A, Wu T, Forzán MJ, Hammer K, Lejeune M. Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States. Pathogens. 2023; 12(2):204. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020204
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Yufei, Amira Abdu, Timothy Wu, María J. Forzán, Kimberly Hammer, and Manigandan Lejeune. 2023. "Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States" Pathogens 12, no. 2: 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020204