Emergence of neural angiostrongyliasis in Eastern Australia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 184-190

  Aghazadeh, Mahdis ^a   Jones, Malcolm K ^a   Aland, Kieran V ^b   Reid, Simon A ^a   Traub, Rebecca J ^c   McCarthy, James S ^a   Lee, Rogan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Angiostrongylus mackerrasae; Australia; Rat lungworm

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS MACKERRASAE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEADACHE; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LUNG INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; NATURAL HOST; NEMATODE; NEURAL ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84925346103     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1622     Document Type: Review

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