Angiostrongylus cantonensis
"Angiostrongylus cantonensis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic nematodes distributed throughout the Pacific islands that infests the lungs of domestic rats. Human infection, caused by consumption of raw slugs and land snails, results in eosinophilic meningitis.
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D017185
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.588.080.225
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angiostrongylus cantonensis" by people in Profiles.
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An outbreak of eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in travelers returning from the Caribbean. N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 28; 346(9):668-75.