Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis associated with rat lungworm ( Angiostrongylus cantonensis ) migration in two nine-banded armadillos ( Dasypus novemcinctus ) and an opossum ( Didelphis virginiana ) in the southeastern United States
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Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis associated with rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) migration in two nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) and an opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in the southeastern United States
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, was the cause of neural larval migrans in two nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) and one Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) from the southeastern United States. Histologic findings in all three cases included eosinophilic meningoencephalitis with variable numbers of nematode larvae in the meninges or the neuroparenchyma. In two of t...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2213-2244
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2017.05.004