[Health implications of the finding of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the main cause of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, in continental Europe (Valencia, Spain)].

Abstract

The rat pulmonary artery nematode, Angiostrongylus cantonensis (discovered in rats from the province of Canton, southern China, in 1933 ) is the main cause in humans of what is known as eosinophilic meningoencephalitis (EEM), with around of 3,000 confirmed cases in various parts of the world.