Small-scale spatial analysis of intermediate and definitive hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Small-scale spatial analysis of intermediate and definitive hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Abstract Background Angiostrongyliasis is a food-borne parasitic zoonosis. Human infection is caused by infection with the third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The life cycle of A. cantonensis involves rodents as definitive hosts and molluscs as intermediate hosts. This study aims to i...

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Main Authors: Qiu-An Hu, Yi Zhang, Yun-Hai Guo, Shan Lv, Shang Xia, He-Xiang Liu, Yuan Fang, Qin Liu, Dan Zhu, Qi-Ming Zhang, Chun-Li Yang, Guang-Yi Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Snail intermediate host
Pomacea canaliculata
Rat definitive host
Spatial analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-018-0482-8

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