The first authentic record of Angiostrongylus cantonensis Chen, 1935 Peninsular Malaysia.
Angiostrongylus cantonensis Chen, was recovered from a field rat, Rattus tiomanicus from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The parasite constitutes the first reported record occurring in this country. Morphological character of the parasite are compared with the original description of A. cantonensis by Chen (1935), A. cantonensis from Formosa and A. malaysiensis from Malaysia.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051381:Rats / Q000469:parasitology*