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NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON MURINE ANGIOSTRONGYLOSIS AND EOSINOPHILIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN MICRONESIA

1965; NRC Research Press; Volume: 43; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1139/z65-070

1480-3283

Joseph E. Alicata,

Mollusks and Parasites Studies

Further studies carried out in Micronesia have indicated the following percentage of infection with the lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, among rats examined: Ponape, 32.9; Rota, 23.8; Saipan, 20.0; and Tinian, 21.7. Rattus rattus appear to be the most common species of rats in Micronesia. Land crabs, coconut crabs, and freshwater prawns were found naturally infected with the third-stage larvae of A. cantonensis. Human infection in Micronesia is believed to result largely from the ingestion of some of the above-mentioned raw crustaceans.