Affiliations 

  • 1 University of Bristol, Veterinary Parasitology & Ecology Group, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol Life Sciences Building, 24, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK. azlinaaziz@unisza.edu.my
  • 2 University of Bristol, Veterinary Parasitology & Ecology Group, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol Life Sciences Building, 24, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK. ed13322.2013@my.bristol.ac.uk
  • 3 University of Bristol, Veterinary Parasitology & Ecology Group, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol Life Sciences Building, 24, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK. simon@gowerbirdhospital.org.uk
  • 4 Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3NP, UK. Ben.Rowson@museumwales.ac.uk
  • 5 Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK. C.Greig@swansea.ac.uk
  • 6 Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK. d.w.forman@swansea.ac.uk
  • 7 University of Bristol, Veterinary Parasitology & Ecology Group, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol Life Sciences Building, 24, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK. eric.morgan@bristol.ac.uk
Parasit Vectors, 2016;9:56.
PMID: 26830203 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1338-3

Abstract

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-urban gradient in two cities in the south-west United Kingdom.

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