Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Angiostrongylus cantonensis – USA (05): (HI) reservoir

PRO/AH/EDR> Angiostrongylus cantonensis – USA (05): (HI) reservoir

Other Human Disease -- United StatesAbstract--------The nematode _Angiostrongylus cantonensis_ is a zoonotic pathogen and the etiological agent of human angiostrongyliasis or rat lungworm disease.Hawai'i, particularly east Hawai'i Island, is the epicenter for angiostrongyliasis in the USA.Rats (_Rattus_ spp) are the definitive hosts while gastropods are intermediate hosts. The main objective of this study was to collect adult _A. cantonensis_ from wild rats to isolate protein for the development Read more [...]