ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS (NEMATODA: METASTRONGYLIDAE) AS A CAUSATIVE AGENT OF EOSINOPHILIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS OF MAN IN HAWAII AND TAHITI
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 40 (1) , 5-8
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z62-002
Abstract
The rodent lungworm A. cantonensis has been found in Hawaii in association with cases of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. Since the clinical and laboratory findings in Hawaii are similar to those reported in man in Tahiti, and since the parasite is very common among rodents and various intermediate and carrier hosts in that area, it is believed that it is also responsible for the disease in Tahiti.Keywords
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