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Volume 31, Number 9—September 2025

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Detection of Rat Lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in Rats and Gastropods, Italy

Divakaran Pandian1, Anna Šipková1, Stefano Scarcelli1, Giovanni Sgroi, Jana Kačmaříková, Francesco Buono, Elisa Castaldo, Nicola D’Alessio, Barbora Červená, Vincenzo Veneziano, and David ModrýComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (D. Pandian, D. Modrý); Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Brno (A. Šipková, D. Modrý); University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy (S. Scarcelli, F. Buono, E. Castaldo, V. Veneziano); Experimental Zoo Prophylactic Institute of Southern Italy, Portici, Italy (G. Sgroi, N. D’Alessio); University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic (J. Kačmaříková, B. Červená); Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno (J. Kačmaříková, B. Červená); Biology Center of Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (D. Modrý)

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Figure 2

Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree of rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) detected in rats and gastropods, Italy. Tree is based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (1,578 bp) and partial sequences (215–561 bp) calculated by a Tamura-Nei plus model in IQ-TREE (http://www.iqtree.org). Labeling of the clades follows previous studies (9). Sequences are labeled by GenBank accession numbers, where available, and locality of origin is indicated. Pink boxes indicate the 2 unique sequences from this study. Numbers at nodes indicate percent ultrafast bootstrap support. Only values >75 are shown. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure 2. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree of rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) detected in rats and gastropods, Italy. Tree is based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (1,578 bp) and partial sequences (215–561 bp) calculated by a Tamura-Nei plus model in IQ-TREE (http://www.iqtree.org). Labeling of the clades follows previous studies (9). Sequences are labeled by GenBank accession numbers, where available, and locality of origin is indicated. Pink boxes indicate the 2 unique sequences from this study. Numbers at nodes indicate percent ultrafast bootstrap support. Only values >75 are shown. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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