Preliminary molecular characterization of the human pathogen Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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Human Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Jamaica
The life cycle of M. laryngeus is not completely known, but it is assumed to be similar to S. trachea, which penetrates the intestinal wall and migrates through the body of the animal to the tracheolaryngeal region (8). Eggs produced are deposited in the tracheal mucosa, swallowed, and pass in the feces. Chronic cough and fever are the major symptoms associated with M. laryngeus in humans, with...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Molecular Biology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1471-2199
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-97