Eosinophilic meningitis risk associated with raw Ampullarium canaliculatus snails consumption

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 184-189

  Wang, Jiun Jye ^a   Chung, Li Yu ^a   Lin, Rong Jyh ^a   Lee, June Der ^a   Lin, Chaio Wen ^b   Yen, Chuan Min ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Larvae infectivity; Larvae viability; Raw snail

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMPULLARIUM CANALICULATUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; RAW MEAT; SEASON; SNAIL; TAIWAN; WINE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; EOSINOPHILS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RISK FACTORS; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 79955585048     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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