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Parastrongylus cantonensis in a nonhuman primate, Florida |
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| Authors: | Duffy Michael S Miller Christine L Kinsella J Michael de Lahunta Alexander |
| Affiliation: | *Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;;†Miami Metrozoo, Miami, Florida, USA;;‡HelmWest Laboratory, Missoula, Montana, USA |
| 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: | Parastrongylus (= Angiostrongylus) cantonensis central nervous system parasitic infections nematode neurologic diseases eosinophilic meningitis zoonoses primates Florida dispatch |
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