Identifying wildlife reservoirs of neglected taeniid tapeworms: Non-invasive diagnosis of endemic Taenia serialis infection in a wild primate population.

• Main Authors: India Schneider-Crease (Author), Randi H Griffin (Author), Megan A Gomery (Author), Pierre Dorny (Author), John C Noh (Author), Sukwan Handali (Author), Holly M Chastain (Author), Patricia P Wilkins (Author), Charles L Nunn (Author), Noah Snyder-Mackler (Author), Jacinta C Beehner (Author), Thore J Bergman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Despite the global distribution and public health consequences of Taenia tapeworms, the life cycles of taeniids infecting wildlife hosts remain largely undescribed. The larval stage of Taenia serialis commonly parasitizes rodents and lagomorphs, but has been reported in a wide range of hosts that in...