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Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) in Florida, USA: current status
Heather D S Walden et al. Parasitology. 2021 Feb.
Abstract
Angiostrongylus cantonensis has been found in Florida, USA, from the panhandle in the north to Miami and surrounding areas in the southern parts of the state, in both definitive and intermediate hosts in a limited studies completed in 2015. Additional studies have identified this parasite in a variety of intermediate hosts, both native and non-native gastropod species, with new host species recorded. Many areas in Florida with higher A. cantonensis prevalence were those with a high human population density, which suggests it is a matter of time before human infections occur in Florida. Case reports in the state currently involve non-human primates and include a gibbon and orangutan in Miami. Here, we report the current status of A. cantonensis in the state, as well as the infection in a capuchin monkey and presumptive infection in a red ruffed lemur in Gainesville, Florida.
Keywords: Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Bradybaena similaris; Florida; Zachrysia provisoria; rat lungworm; rats.
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