Parastrongylus cantonensisin a Nonhuman Primate, Florida
Open Access
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 10 (12), 2207-2210
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1012.040319
Abstract
Parastrongylus (= Angiostrongylus) cantonensis is a parasitic nematode of Norway rats throughout tropical regions. This parasite is neurotropic and causes disease and death in humans and other mammals. We report the first identification of P. cantonensis, as the cause of a debilitating neurologic disease in a captive primate in Florida.Keywords
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