Small-scale spatial analysis of intermediate and definitive hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis

• Main Authors: Qiu-An Hu (Author), Yi Zhang (Author), Yun-Hai Guo (Author), Shan Lv (Author), Shang Xia (Author), He-Xiang Liu (Author), Yuan Fang (Author), Qin Liu (Author), Dan Zhu (Author), Qi-Ming Zhang (Author), Chun-Li Yang (Author), Guang-Yi Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Angiostrongyliasis is a food-borne parasitic zoonosis. Human infection is caused by infection with the third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The life cycle of A. cantonensis involves rodents as definitive hosts and molluscs as intermediate hosts. This study aims to i...