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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

Neuro-angiostrongyliasis: unresolved issues

International Journal for Parasitology, 2000
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, probably evolved with its hosts, members of the genus Rattus and closely related species, in south-east Asia. Since its first discovery in rats in China and in a case of human infection in Taiwan, the parasite has been found to infect humans and other mammals across a wide and ever-increasing territory ...
Paul Prociv, David M Spratt
exaly   +5 more sources

Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis

2020
Carlos Graeff-Teixeira   +1 more
exaly   +2 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
openaire   +2 more sources

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