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Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Adult female worm of "Angiostrongylus cantonensis" with characteristic barber-pole appearance (anterior end of worm is to the top). Scale bar is 1 mm.
Adult female worm of Angiostrongylus cantonensis with characteristic barber-pole appearance (anterior end of worm is to the top). Scale bar is 1 mm.
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Genus:
Angiostrongylus
Spesies:
cantonensis
Sinonim[1]

Pulmonema cantonensis Chen, 1935

Angiostrongylus cantonensis adalah parasit nematoda (cacing gelang) yang menyebabkan angiostrongyliasis, infeksi yang merupakan penyebab paling umum dari meningitis eosinofilik di Asia Tenggara dan Cekungan Pasifik.[2][3][4][5]

Referensi

  1. ^ "Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ Baheti NN, Sreedharan M, Krishnamoorthy T, Nair MD, Radhakrishnan K (March 2008). "Neurological picture. Eosinophilic meningitis and an ocular worm in a patient from Kerala, south India". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 79 (3): 271. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.122093. PMID 18281446. S2CID 207001013.
  3. ^ Sheikh K (July 12, 2019). "In Hawaii, Rat Lungworm Disease Infects People but Eludes Researchers". The New York Times. Diakses tanggal 13 July 2019.
  4. ^ Magill AJ, Strickland GT, Maguire JH, Ryan ET, Solomon T (2012). Hunter's tropical medicine and emerging infectious disease (Edisi 9th). London: Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 9781455740437. OCLC 861539914.
  5. ^ Li H, Xu F, Gu JB, Chen XG (October 2008). "A severe eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 79 (4): 568–70. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.568. PMID 18840746. S2CID 2094357.
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