Infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in both humans and the snail Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica in the city of Macapá, in the Amazon Region of Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
In January and February 2019, a malacological survey was conducted in the area surrounding the residence of a 12-year-old child that had contracted cerebral angiostrongyliasis in the municipality of Macapá, capital of the Amapá State, northern Brazil. The serological examination was positive for Angios...
Angiostrongylus cantonensis/aislamiento & purificación, Anticuerpos Antihelmínticos, Brasil, Ciudades, ADN de Helmintos/química, ADN de Helmintos/genética, Caracoles/parasitología, Infecciones por Strongylida/diagnóstico, Infecciones por Strongylida/parasitología, Infecciones por Strongylida/veterinaria