First provincial survey of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Guangdong Province, China

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-122

  Deng, Zhuo Hui ^a   Zhang, Qi Ming ^a   Huang, Shao Yu ^a   Jones, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Achatina fulica; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; China; Focus; Pomacea canaliculata; Rodents

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVA; NEMATODE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROVINCIALISM; RODENT; SNAIL; WILD POPULATION;

ACHATINA FULICA; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; BANDICOTA INDICA; BELLAMYA; CHINA; CIPANGOPALUDINA; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LARVA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POMACEA CANALICULATA; PREVALENCE; RAT; RATTUS FLAVIPECTUS; RATTUS LOSEA; RODENT; SNAIL; SUNCUS MURINUS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE VECTORS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LARVA; MICE; MURINAE; RATS; RISK; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

ACHATINA FULICA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BANDICOTA INDICA; BELLAMYA; CIPANGOPALUDINA; GASTROPODA; MUS MUSCULUS; POMACEA CANALICULATA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; SUNCUS MURINUS;

EID: 84155163164     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02880.x     Document Type: Article

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