Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Hydatigera taeniaeformis in urban rats (Rattus rattus) in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Published in Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases

Hydatigera taeniaeformis formerly referred to as Taenia taeniaeformis is a cestode of cats (definitive hosts) and rodents (intermediate hosts). The prevalence of the metacestode larval stage has been reported in rodents in many parts of the world even though the genetic polymorphisms or intraspecies variation is still understudied. Here, we report ...