| the finding of angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats in new orleans. | twenty of 94 (21.4%) rattus norvegicus trapped in new orleans, louisiana, between april 1986 and february 1987 were infected with angiostrongylus cantonensis (3-62 worms per rat). this is the first report of the parasite from north america. a carnivorous snail, euglandina rosea, was found experimentally to be able to serve as both an intermediate and a paratenic host. other locally occurring gastropods that were successfully infected experimentally included mesodon thyroidus, anguispira alternat ... | 1988 | 3275136 |
| parastrongylus (=angiostrongylus) cantonensis now endemic in louisiana wildlife. | parastrongylus (=angiostrongylus) cantonensis, a lung worm of rats, was first reported in the united states in 1987, with a probable introduction by infected rats from ships docking in new orleans, louisiana, during the mid-1980s. since then, it has been reported in nonhuman primates and a boy from new orleans, and in a horse from picayune, mississippi, a distance of 87 km from new orleans. parastrongylus cantonensis infection is herein reported in a lemur (varencia variegata rubra) from new ibe ... | 2002 | 12435151 |