[Health Implications of the Finding of Angiostrongylus Cantonensis, the Main Cause of Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis, in Continental Europe (Valencia, Spain)]

Overview

Journal Rev Esp Salud Publica

Specialty Public Health

Date 2023 Nov 8

PMID 37937820

Authors

Marius Vicent Fuentes I Ferrer

Sandra Saez-Duran

Ruben Bueno-Mari

Maria Teresa Galan-Puchades

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Abstract

The rat pulmonary artery nematode, Angiostrongylus cantonensis (discovered in rats from the province of Canton, southern China, in 1933 ) is the main cause in humans of what is known as eosinophilic meningoencephalitis (EEM), with around of 3,000 confirmed cases in various parts of the world.

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