| First provincial survey of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Guangdong Province, China. | The rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic nematode with a wide distribution. We report the first provincial survey of the prevalence of A. cantonensis infection among wild rodents and snails in Guangdong Province, China. A total of 2929 Pomacea canaliculata and 1354 Achatina fulica were collected from fields in 22 survey sites with a larval infection rates ranging from 0-26.6% to 0-45.4%. In addition, 114 Cipangopaludina sp and 252 Bellamya sp were bought from markets; larvae we ... | 2011 | 21906215 |
| seroprevalence of angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in humans in china. | a seroepidemiological survey was carried out in china during 2009-2010 to determine the extent of circulating antigens (cag) for angiostrongylus cantonensis in the chinese population using the gold immunochromatographic assay, with the objective of elucidating the nationwide prevalence of angiostrongyliasis in china. a total of 1,730 blood samples was collected and assayed from the general adult population (the "general group"), and those involved in aquaculture or processing of snails achatina ... | 2010 | 21348622 |
| [survey on the focus of angiostrongylus cantonensis in guangdong province]. | to understand the distribution of angiostrongylus cantonensis foci in guangdong province for making surveillance program. | 2010 | 20411741 |
| [epidemiological investigation of angiostrongylus cantonensis in jiangmen of guangdong province]. | to make an epidemiological survey on angiostrongylus cantonensis in jiangmen city of guangdong province. | 2008 | 19157302 |
| [study on the epidemiological characteristics and natural infectious focus of angiostrongylus cantonensis in shenzhen area of zhujiang delta in china]. | to delimit the natural infectious focus, including the distribution of wildlife, species, ecology of intermediate hosts and final host of angiostrongylus cantonensis, as well as the routes of transmission and epidemiological characteristics and wildlife of human angiostrongylus cantonensis, based on human diverging cases identified in shenzhen, southern area of china. | 2008 | 19040040 |
| epidemiological survey of angiostrongylus cantonensis in the west-central region of guangdong province, china. | the study was to understand the angiostrongylus cantonensis infectious situation of rodent definitive host, snail intermediate host, and local residents in the west-central region of guangdong province in china. the snails achatina fulica and pomacea canaliculata collected from the survey place were digested with artificial gastric juice, and the third-stage larvae of a. cantonensis in the snails were examined under microscope. the heart and lung of rats captured from the survey place were taken ... | 2011 | 21301874 |