Article
The giant African snail Achatina fulica as natural intermediate host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Pernambuco, northeast Brazil.
Acta tropica - 1 Sept 2010
Thiengo S C, Maldonado A, Mota E M, Torres E J L, Caldeira R, Carvalho O S, Oliveira A P M, Simões R O, Fernandez M A, Lanfredi R M
Abstract excerpt
The human cases of eosinophilic meningitis recently reported from Brazil have focused the attention of the public health agencies on the role the introduced snail Achatina fulica plays as hosts of the metastrongylid nematodes. Determining the potential of this snail to host and develop infective...
Topics
- Adult
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis
- Animals
- Brain
- Brazil
- Child
- DNA, Helminth
- DNA, Ribosomal
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Life Cycle Stages
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length