Morphological and molecular description of Sarcocystis ratti n. sp. from the black rat (Rattus rattus) in Latvia

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 118; no. 9; pp. 2689 - 2694
• Main Authors: Prakas, Petras, Kirillova, Viktorija, Gavarāne, Inese, Grāvele, Evita, Butkauskas, Dalius, Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, Eglė, Kirjušina, Muza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Bradyzoites; Cysts; definitive hosts; genetic variation; households; Immunology; intermediate hosts; internal transcribed spacers; Latvia; light microscopes; Medical Microbiology; Methylene blue; Microbiology; Muscles; Parasites; Phylogeny; Protozoology - Original Paper; rats; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; ribosomal DNA; Rodents; Sarcocystis; Sarcocysts; Skeletal muscle; Transmission electron microscopes; Lithuania; Canada; Latvia; Transmission electron microscopy; Phylogeny; rRNA; Black rat; cox1; Sarcocystis ratti

Rodents have been widely studied as intermediate hosts of Sarcocystis ; however, only a few reports on these parasites in the black rat ( Rattus rattus ) are known. Having examined 13 black rats captured in Latvia, sarcocysts were found in skeletal muscles of two mammals and were described as Sarcoc...