Data on New Intermediate and Accidental Hosts Naturally Infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis in La Gomera and Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

• Published in: Animals
• Main Authors: Martin-Carrillo, Natalia, Baz-González, Edgar, García-Livia, Katherine, Amaro-Ramos, Virginia, Abreu-Acosta, Néstor, Miquel, Jordi, Abreu-Yanes, Estefanía, Pino-Vera, Román, Feliu, Carlos, Foronda, Pilar
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2023
• Subjects: Article; Pacific; The Sentinel; Antarc*; Antarctica; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10295084/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37370479; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13121969

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is the world’s leading cause of eosinophilic meningitis in humans. It is an emerging zoonotic parasite endemic to Asia and the Pacific Islands that has spread to all continents except Antarctica. In the Canary Islands, its presence was f...