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INFECTION BY ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS IN BOTH HUMANS AND THE SNAIL ACHATINA (LISSACHATINA) FULICA IN THE CITY OF MACAPÁ, IN THE AMAZON REGION OF BRAZIL
Meningite eosinofílica
Caracol africano gigante
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
Eosinophilic meningitis
Meningite eosinofílica
Giant African Snail
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
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In January and February 2019, a malacological survey was conducted in the area surrounding the residence of a 12-year-old child that had contracted cerebral angiostrongyliasis in the municipality of Macapá, capital of the Amapá State, northern Brazil. The serological examination was positive for Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection, the principal etiological agent of this parasitosis. A sample of 54 molluscs was artificially and individually digested for parasitological analysis, containing 38 specimens of Achatina fulica, nine specimens of Bulimulus tenuissimus and seven specimens of Sarasinula linguaeformis. A. fulica was the most abundant mollusc, and the only species infected with A. cantonensis, as well as presenting co-infections with other nematodes. This is the first report of cerebral angiostrongyliasis in the Amazon Region, and the first record of A. fulica infected with A. cantonensis in Amapá. These findings highlight the potential risks of human angiostrongyliasis, and the need to implement public health measures to control the spread of the disease.
Keywords in Portuguese
Angiostrongilíase cerebralMeningite eosinofílica
Caracol africano gigante
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
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Cerebral angiostrongyliasisEosinophilic meningitis
Meningite eosinofílica
Giant African Snail
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
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