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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

Dispatch

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Rat Lungworm Detected in Rats, Madagascar, 2022–2023

Santatriniaina F. RandrianarisoaComments to Author , Elise N. Paietta, Rachel A. Johnston, Tahina T. Razanamahenina, Antsa Ramboninarimalala, Toussaint G. Raherinirina, Laurent Raveloson, Nina L. Finley, Eric Baitchman, Arvind Varsani, and Fidisoa T. Rasambainarivo
Author affiliation: Mahaliana Labs, Antananarivo, Madagascar (S.F. Randrianarisoa, F.T. Rasambainarivo); Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA (E.N. Paietta); Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA (E.N. Paietta, A. Varsani); Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (R.A. Johnston); Zoo New England, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (R.A. Johnston, E. Baitchman); University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo (T.T. Razanamahenina, A. Ramboninarimalala); Centre ValBio, Ranomafana, Madagascar (T.G. Raherinirina); Health In Harmony-Fahasalamana Mirindra, Farafangana, Madagascar (L. Raveloson, N.L. Finley); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (N.L. Finley); University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (A. Varsani); East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA (F.T. Rasambainarivo)

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Table

Multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with Angiostrongylus cantonensis detection in Rattus rattus captured in the littoral forest in southeastern Madagascar, 2022–2023*

Variable Odds ratio (95% CI) p value
Age
Adult Referent
Young
 0.13 (0.02–0.77)
 0.03
Sex
F Referent
M
 1.13 (0.29–4.59)
 0.85
Body condition, continuous
 1.97 (0.62–7.07)
 0.26
Weight, continuous
 0.96 (0.93–1.00)
 0.06
Year
2022 Referent
2023 0.46 (0.09–1.88) 0.26

*Bold indicates statistically significant value.

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