Scientometrics of zoonoses transmitted by the giant African snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822

ABSTRACT The dissemination of the giant African snail Achatina fulica in several countries has triggered a great number of studies on the mollusk, including those on zoonoses related to health in humans. The current research is a scientific survey on articles published in four databases, namely, Pub...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli, Mirian Ueda Yamaguchi, Elaine Alves Calaça, Fabrício Hiroiuki Oda
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Subjects:
Health promotion
Public health
Epidemiology
Angiostrongylus infection
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201759015
https://doaj.org/article/fe304d58c35542f1bfd7fbe791e6379a
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Summary:ABSTRACT The dissemination of the giant African snail Achatina fulica in several countries has triggered a great number of studies on the mollusk, including those on zoonoses related to health in humans. The current research is a scientific survey on articles published in four databases, namely, PubMed, Bireme, Scielo and Lilacs. Results indicate that Brazil has a prominent position in international scientific production on this subject, with focus on Angiostrongylus cantonensis occurrences.

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