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The recent introduction of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and its intermediate host Achatina fulica into Guadeloupe detected by phylogenetic analyses

BACKGROUND: Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) is the main pathogen responsible for eosinophilic meningitis in humans. One of its intermediate snail hosts, Achatina fulica, was already present in many countries around the world before it appeared in the West Indies in the late 1980s. In the...

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Autores principales: Gamiette, Gelixa, Ferdinand, Séverine, Couvin, David, Dard, Céline, Talarmin, Antoine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10416417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37563598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05872-4