<i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i>: a review of its distribution, molecular biology and clinical significance as a human pathogen

Barratt, Joel; Chan, Douglas; Sandaradura, Indy; Malík, Richard; Spielman, Derek; Lee, Rogan; Marriott, Deborah; Harkness, J.; Ellis, John; Stark, Damien

doi:10.1017/s0031182016000652

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis: a review of its distribution, molecular biology and clinical significance as a human pathogen

Published in Parasitology • May 26, 2016

Authors:

Joel Barratt

Douglas Chan

Indy Sandaradura

Abstract

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a metastrongyloid nematode found widely in the Asia-Pacific region, and the aetiological agent of angiostrongyliasis; a disease characterized by eosinophilic meningitis. Rattus rats are definitive hosts of A. cantonensis, while intermediate hosts include terrestrial an...

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Biology

Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Pathogen

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