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Angiostrongyliasis, also known as neuroangiostrongyliasis or rat lungworm, is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It is caused by a parasitic ...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasitic worm of rats. It is also called the rat lungworm. The adult form of the parasite is found only in rodents. Infected ...

Rat lungworm is a parasitic worm you can get from eating slugs, snails or unwashed raw vegetables. It can cause a brain infection (eosinophilic meningitis).

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which is also known as the rat lungworm, causes eosinophilic meningitis and is prevalent in Southeast Asia and tropical Pacific ...

2023/6/26 -Being infected with rat lungworm can lead to a rare disease called eosinophilic meningitis. This can be mild and you can recover, but severe ...

2024/3/20 -Rat lung worm disease is an extremely rare cause of meningitis in Australia. It is associated with eating infected snails and slugs.

The nematode commonly resides in the pulmonary arteries of rats, giving it the common name rat lungworm. Snails are the primary intermediate hosts ...

Human infection with rat lungworm results from the ingestion of either infected snails, prawns, crabs or contaminated fruits and vegetables. Since it was first ...

This flatworm, which also is a host of Angiostrogylus cantonensis nematodes, is a relatively large worm, often 4 cm long at maturity, and large hosts typically ...

The symptoms involved weakness and pain in the legs, the absence of reflexes, disruption in the function of bowel/bladder, and borderline hypertension. In ...