Invasive snails and an emerging infectious disease: results from the first national survey on Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China.

• Main Authors: Shan Lv (Author), Yi Zhang (Author), He-Xiang Liu (Author), Ling Hu (Author), Kun Yang (Author), Peter Steinmann (Author), Zhao Chen (Author), Li-Ying Wang (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Xiao-Nong Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic meningitis (angiostrongyliasis) caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis is emerging in mainland China. However, the distribution of A. cantonensis and its intermediate host snails, and the role of two invasive snail species in the emergence of angiostrongyliasis, are not well...