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The global risk of infectious disease emergence from giant land snail invasion and pet trade

BACKGROUND: Pathogen outbreaks mostly originate from animals, but some species are more likely to trigger epidemics. The giant land snail (Lissachatina fulica) is a widespread invader, a popular exotic pet, and a notorious vector of the rat lungworm, causing eosinophilic meningitis in humans. Howeve...

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Autores principales: Gippet, Jérôme M W, Bates, Olivia K, Moulin, Jérémie, Bertelsmeier, Cleo
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/PMC10580515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37848903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-06000-y