Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common aetiological agent of human eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. Following a report indicating the presence of this parasite in Brazil in 2007, the present study was undertaken to investigate the presence of A. cantonensis in the surrounding Brazilian port...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte, Cristiane Lafeta Furtado de Mendonça, Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos, Roberta Lima Caldeira
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2012-09-01
Subjects:	Angiostrongylus cantonensis molluscs eosinophilic meningoencephalitis ports Brazil
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000600006&lng=en&tlng=en