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 Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection (ann-gee-o-stronge-uh-luss can-tun-en-sis) New: May 13, 2004
Journal Articles Alicata JE. Effect of freezing and boiling on the infectivity of third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis present in land snails and freshwater prawns. J Parasitol 1967;53:1064-6. Chotmongkol V, Sawanyawisuth K, Thavornpitak Y. Corticosteroid treatment of eosinophilic meningitis. Clin Infect Dis 2000;31:660-2. Hwang KP, Chen ER. Clinical studies on angiostrongyliasis cantonensis among children in Taiwan. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1991;22(S):194-9. Kliks MM, Palumbo NE. Eosinophilic meningitis beyond the Pacific Basin : the global dispersal of a peridomestic zoonosis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the nematode lungworm of rats. Soc Sci Med 1992;34:199-212. Marsh CM. Eosinophilic meningitis / angiostrongyliasis from eating aquaculture-raised snails: a case report. Hawaii Med J 1998;57:652-3. New D, Little MD, Cross J. Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection from eating raw snails [letter]. N Engl J Med 1995;332:1105-6. [http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/332/16/1105-a] Punyagupta S, Juttijudata P, Bunnag T. Eosinophilic meningitis in Thailand: clinical studies of 484 typical cases probably caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1975;24:921-31. Slom TJ, Cortese MM, Gerber SI, et al. An outbreak of eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in travelers returning from the Caribbean. N Engl J Med 2002;346:668-75. [http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/346/9/668] Tsai HC, Liu YC, Kunin CM, et al. Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis: report of 17 cases. Am J Med 2001;111:109-14.
Technical information on Angiostrongylus, including a drawing showing the life cycle of the parasite: http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/angiostrongyliasis.htm USDA's Web site on African giant land snails: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/gals/gals.html |
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