Abdominal angiostrongyliasis in the Americas: fifty years since the discovery of a new metastrongylid species, Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a zoonotic parasitic nematode described for the first time in 1971 by Pedro Morera and Rodolfo Céspedes in Costa Rica. This parasite causes an infection known as abdominal angiostrongyliasis, affecting mainly school-aged children and young adults. Infection with A. c...

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Autores principales: Rojas, Alicia, Maldonado-Junior, Arnaldo, Mora, Javier, Morassutti, Alessandra, Rodriguez, Rubens, Solano-Barquero, Alberto, Tijerino, Anamariela, Vargas, Marianela, Graeff-Teixeira, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34294132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04875-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34294132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04875-3

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