| 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 |