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Angiostrongylus Cantonensis Impact Factor

A cantonensis is understood to use multiple rat species as definitive hosts, including black rats (Rattus rattus), brown rats, aside from humans, aberrant infections have occurred in several species of untamed and domestic mammals and birds. Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) may be a parasite that infects rats with the adult parasitic form found only in rodents. The infected rats pass larvae in their feces to succeed in slugs and snails. The parasitic life cycle continues within the snails and completes when rats eat infected snails and therefore the larvae become worms within the rat. Angiostrongyliasis is that the term describing rat lungworm infection of humans. People get infected by eating raw or undercooked snails and/or slugs infected with the rat lungworm. Giant African land snails are often infected with this parasite. Most rat lungworm infections do not need to be treated as the parasite dies over time.  Avoid getting rat lungworm; do not eat raw or undercooked snails or slugs, and other animals like frogs or shrimp, especially in areas where the parasite is common. In addition, avoid eating uncooked vegetables. People can get infected by eating raw or undercooked snails or slugs that are infected with this parasite. In some cultures, snails are commonly eaten. Some children, especially, have gotten infected by swallowing snails/slugs "on a dare." People can also get infected accidentally, by eating raw produce (such as lettuce) that contains a little snail or slug or a part of one. Certain animals such freshwater shrimp, crabs, or frogs, are found to be infected with larvae of the parasite. It’s possible that eating undercooked or raw animals that are infected could end in people becoming infected, though the evidence for this is often not as clear as for eating infected snails and slugs. Of note, fish don't spread this parasite.    

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