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Population genetic diversity of invasive Pomacea snails and surveillance of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Shanghai, East China. [PDF]

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Andrus PS   +8 more
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Human angiostrongyliasis

Lancet Infectious Diseases, The, 2008
Human angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a rat lungworm, has been reported globally. Human infections are acquired by ingestion of raw or undercooked snails or slugs, paratenic hosts such as prawns, or contaminated vegetables that contain the infective larvae of the worm.
Qiao-Ping Wang   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Pediatric angiostrongyliasis

Médecine et Santé Tropicales, 2018
Angiostrongyliasis, the leading cause worldwide of eosinophilic meningitis, is an emergent disease due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae, transmitted accidentally to humans. Contamination of children usually occurs by direct contact with an infected mollusk.
F, Lombard   +4 more
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Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis

2020
CARLOS Graeff-Teixeira   +1 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Treatment of angiostrongyliasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008
Angiostrongyliasis, caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is endemic in northeastern Thailand and southern and eastern Taiwan and is also reported throughout the world. Humans get infected by eating raw freshwater snails or other paratenic hosts. The three main clinical forms of angiostrongyliasis are: eosinophilic meningitis (EoM), eosinophilic ...
Kanlayanee, Sawanyawisuth   +1 more
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Angiostrongyliasis Cantonensis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1979
Summary: A case of Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, presenting in a Caucasian resident of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, is described. Diagnosis was supported by serological studies. This appears to be the first report of a case from New Britain.
E M, Scrimgeour, W J, Burke
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