Mice as paratenic hosts of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Study 1. Results of examination of organs of mice inoculated with ~30 A. abstrusus third-stage larvae each at intervals after inoculation (two mice per time point) by artificial digestion and for detection of A. abstrusus DNA

Mouse	Days post-inoculation of ~30 A. abstrusus third-stage larvae
	10		20		30		45		60
	AD	PCR	AD	PCR	AD	PCR	AD	PCR	AD	PCR
	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
Brain	0	-	1	-	1	-	0	-	0	+
Diaphragm	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
Heart	0	+	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
Kidneys	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
Liver	1	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
Lungs	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
Spleen	1	+	0	-	0	-	0	-	1	-
Skeletal muscle	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-

Abbreviations: AD artificial digestion: actual number of A. abstrusus third-stage larvae recovered from half of an organ’s digest, PCR detection of A. abstrusus DNA by PCR; +, PCR-positive, -, PCR-negative

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