The genetic variation of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the People’s Republic of China

Abstract Background The People’s Republic of China (P.R. China) is the presumptive home range of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a major aetiological agent of human eosinophilic meningitis. We present a study of the genetic variation of A. cantonensis in P.R. China. Our aim was to deep...

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Main Authors: Shan Lv, Yi Zhang, Peter Steinmann, Jürg Utzinger, Xiao-Nong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-017-0341-z