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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Strongylida > Metastrongyloidea > Angiostrongylus > Angiostrongylus cantonensis

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis  

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Note

  • a species of nematode in rat & man; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS INFECTION is available; for antigens, coordinate with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coordinate with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017185

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