title: Angiostrongyliasis in Indonesia: additional geographic and host occurrence records.
abstract: Geographical and host occurrence records for Angiostrongylus cantonensis throughout the Indonesian archipelago a;e reported. A. cantonensis was found in the following provinces: West Sumatra, South Sumatra, Lampung, West Java, Central Java, North Sulawesi and East Nusa Tenggara. Infections were diagnosed in the following rodents: Rattus rattus diardii, Rattus exulans, Rattus tiomanicus jaloriensis, Rattus lepturus, Rattus norvegicus and Bandicota indica setifera and in the giant African land snail, Achatina fulica. Infection rates varied considerably.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008681:Metastrongyloidea; D051381:Rats / Q000469:parasitology*; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*