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Angiostrongylus spp. in the Americas: geographical and chronological distribution of definitive hosts versus disease reports

BACKGROUND: Angiostrongyliasis is an infection caused by nematode worms of the genus Angiostrongylus. The adult worms inhabit the pulmonary arteries, heart, bronchioles of the lung, or mesenteric arteries of the caecum of definitive host. Of a total of 23 species of Angiostrongylus cited worldwide,...

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Autores principales: Valente, Romina, Robles, Maria del Rosario, Navone, Graciela T, Diaz, Julia I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29412352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760170226