Angiostrongylus cantonensis in urban populations of terrestrial gastropods and rats in an impoverished region of Brazil

The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of neuroangiostrongyliasis (manifested as eosinophilic meningitis) in humans. Gastropod molluscs are used as intermediate hosts and rats of various species are definitive hosts of this parasite. In this study, we identified several en...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Parasitology 2021-07, Vol.148 (8), p.994-1002
Hauptverfasser:	Souza, Fábio N, Aguiar Santos, Maísa, Almeida Alves, Daniele, Cecília Vieira de Melo, Leyva, Jessé Gonçalves da Mota, Dan, Cristina Pertile, Arsinoê, Gava, Ricardo, Luiz Silva Pinto, Pedro, Eyre, Max T, Graco Zeppelini, Caio, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ko, Albert I, Begon, Mike, Bahiense, Thiago C, Costa, Federico, Carvalho-Pereira, Ticiana
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Angiostrongylus cantonensis Angiostrongylus cantonensis - isolation & purification Animals Brazil - epidemiology Construction materials Environmental conditions Environmental factors Feces - parasitology Female Gastropoda Gastropoda - classification Gastropoda - parasitology Infections Leukocytes (eosinophilic) Male Meningitis Mollusca Mollusca - parasitology Mollusks Nematodes Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology Nervous System Diseases - parasitology Nervous System Diseases - veterinary Parasites Poverty Areas Prevalence Pulmonary arteries Rats Rats - parasitology Sanitation Sedimentation & deposition Sewage Species Strongylida Infections - epidemiology Strongylida Infections - parasitology Strongylida Infections - transmission Strongylida Infections - veterinary Urban areas Urban Population Urban populations Zoonoses
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