Angiostrongylus cantonensis
| Angiostrongylus cantonensis | |
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| Adult female worm of Angiostrongylus cantonensis with characteristic barber-pole appearance (anterior end of worm is to the top). Scale bar is 1 mm. | |
| Klasifikasi ilmiah | |
| Genus: | Angiostrongylus
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| Spesies: | cantonensis
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| Sinonim[1] | |
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Pulmonema cantonensis Chen, 1935 | |
Angiostrongylus cantonensis adalah parasit nematoda (cacing gelang) yang menyebabkan angiostrongyliasis, infeksi yang merupakan penyebab paling umum dari meningitis eosinofilik di Asia Tenggara dan Cekungan Pasifik.[2][3][4][5]
Referensi
sunting- ^ Templat:GBIF
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- ^ Magill, Alan J.; Strickland, G. Thomas; Maguire, James H.; Ryan, Edward T.; Solomon, Tom (2012). Hunter's tropical medicine and emerging infectious disease (edisi ke-9th). London: Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 9781455740437. OCLC 861539914.
- ^ Li H, Xu F, Gu JB, Chen XG (October 2008). "A severe eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 79 (4): 568–70. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.568
. PMID 18840746.
