| first record of angiostrongylus cantonensis in cuba. | the occurrence of human eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in several localities of havana, cuba, prompted a search for the rat lungworm, angiostrongylus cantonensis, in the same localities. twenty rats (rattus norvegicus) and about 370 terrestrial mollusks (70 slugs, veronicella cubensis, and about 300 snails, mostly bradybaena similaris) were collected in six communities of the province of havana, and in the gardens of the pedro kouri institute for tropical medicine in havana city. adult lungwor ... | 1981 | 7283015 |