[Presence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Réunion Island. Isolation of the strain].
The detection of some cases of eosinophilic meningitis suggest that Angiostrongylus cantonensis is present in Reunion Island. Larvae of this nematode have been isolated after dissection of Achatina fulica and have been used to infest laboratory rats. 30 days later, the dissection of these animals shows the presence of young worms in the brain and in the pulmonary arteries. 45 days later, first-stage larvae are recovered from the feces of animals. Now, the strain is maintained in Biomphalaria glabrata and in the rat.
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007195:Indian Ocean Islands; D008581:Meningitis / Q000469:parasitology; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D051381:Rats
Existence d'Angiostrongylus cantonensis a la Réunion Isolement de la souche