Invasive Snails and an Emerging Infectious Disease: Results from the First National Survey on Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China

Lv, Shan; Zhang, Yi; Liu, Hexiang; Hu, Ling; Yang, Kun; Steinmann, Peter; Chen, Zhao; Wang, Liying; Utzinger, Jürg; Zhou, Xiao‐Nong

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000368

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Invasive Snails and an Emerging Infectious Disease: Results from the First National Survey on Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Feb 10, 2009

Authors:

Shan Lv

Yi Zhang

Hexiang Liu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic meningitis (angiostrongyliasis) caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis is emerging in mainland China. However, the distribution of A. cantonensis and its intermediate host snails, and the role of two invasive snail species in the emergence of angiostrongyliasis, are not well ...

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Pomacea canaliculata

Achatina

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