Redescription and molecular characterization of sarcocysts of Sarcocystis cymruensis from Norway rats in China

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 119; no. 11; p. 3785
• Main Authors: Zeng, Hongxia, Guo, Yanmei, Ma, Chunli, Deng, Shuangsheng, Hu, Junjie, Zhang, Yunzhi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Phylogeny; Norway; China

In the present study, sarcocysts of Sarcocystis cymruensis were found in four of 42 (9.5%) Norway rats and those of S. ratti were observed in six of 60 (10%) black rats in China. With light microscopy, the sarcocysts of the two parasites were microscopic, and had smooth, thin cyst walls ([less than...