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

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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Autores principales: Lv, Shan, Zhang, Yi, Liu, He-Xiang, Hu, Ling, Yang, Kun, Steinmann, Peter, Chen, Zhao, Wang, Li-Ying, Utzinger, Jürg, Zhou, Xiao-Nong
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19190771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000368

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19190771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000368

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