Cluster of Angiostrongyliasis Cases Following Consumption of Raw Monitor Lizard in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Review of the Literature

Cluster of Angiostrongyliasis Cases Following Consumption of Raw Monitor Lizard in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Review of the Literature

Angiostrongyliasis in humans causes a range of symptoms from mild headache and myalgia to neurological complications, coma and death. Infection is caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked intermediate or paratenic hosts infected with <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> or via conta...

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Main Authors: Leeyounjera Yang, Chirapha Darasavath, Ko Chang, Vilayvanh Vilay, Amphonesavanh Sengduangphachanh, Aphaphone Adsamouth, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Valy Keolouangkhot, Matthew T. Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
angiostrongyliasis
<i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i>
eosinophilic meningitis
Laos
zoonosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/3/107

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