title: Dioctophyme renale (Nematoda: Dioctophymatoidea) in the abdominal cavity of Rattus norvegicus in Japan.
abstract: We collected 24 brown rats, Rattus norvegicus, in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan and found one rat harboring a dioctophymatid nematode. A single male and a female worm were recovered from the abdominal cavity and were identified as Dioctophyme renale based on morphologic features and a BLAST DNA sequence analysis. We describe the morphological features of the adult worms and eggs from this extremely rare case of D. renale infection in a brown rat.
authors.affiliation: Section of Environmental Parasitology, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. tkshr5.vip@tmd.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokiwa
authors.forename: Tsunehito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harunari
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanikawa
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akao
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D034841:Abdominal Cavity / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry; D017159:Dioctophymatoidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats / Q000469:parasitology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth