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First record of natural infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Belocaulus willibaldoi and Rattus norvegicus in an urban area of São Paulo city, SP, Brazil

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a rat lungworm, is one of the leading causes of eosinophilic meningitis in humans. Infection in humans occurs by the ingestion of intermediate hosts, undercooked paratenic hosts or contaminated vegetables and fruits by mucus from infected molluscs. This zoonosis is wides...

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Autores principales: da Mota, Dan Jessé Gonçalves, de Melo, Leyva Cecilia Vieira, Pereira-Chioccola, Vera Lúcia, Gava, Ricardo, Pinto, Pedro Luiz Silva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33083611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05150