Angiostrongylus cantonensis
"Angiostrongylus cantonensis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic nematodes distributed throughout the Pacific islands that infests the lungs of domestic rats. Human infection, caused by consumption of raw slugs and land snails, results in eosinophilic meningitis.
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D017185
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MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.588.080.225
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2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angiostrongylus cantonensis" by people in Profiles.
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Rat Lungworm Infection Associated with Central Nervous System Disease - Eight U.S. States, January 2011-January 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Aug 03; 67(30):825-828.
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Brain Worms with Cerebrospinal Fluid Eosinophilia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 12; 97(6):1633-1634.
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The helminth community of a population of Rattus norvegicus from an urban Brazilian slum and the threat of zoonotic diseases. Parasitology. 2018 05; 145(6):797-806.
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Is an Important Cause of Eosinophilic Meningitis in Southern Vietnam. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15; 64(12):1784-1787.
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Headache and confusion: the dangers of a raw snail supper. Lancet. 2003 May 31; 361(9372):1866.