Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019-2022. Academic Article

abstract

• Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), a zoonotic parasite invasive to the United States, causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. A. cantonensis harbors in rat reservoir hosts and is transmitted through gastropods and other paratenic hosts. We discuss the public health relevance of autochthonous A. cantonensis cases in brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

authors

• Verocai, Guilherme

published proceedings

• Emerg Infect Dis

author list (cited authors)

• Gottdenker, N. L., Nascimento Ramos, R. A., Hakimi, H., McHale, B., Rivera, S., Miller, B. M., ... Verocai, G. G.

complete list of authors

• Gottdenker, Nicole L||Nascimento Ramos, Rafael Antonio||Hakimi, Hassan||McHale, Brittany||Rivera, Sam||Miller, Bryce M||Howerth, Elizabeth W||Burrell, Caitlin E||Stilwell, Justin M||McManamon, Rita||Verocai, Guilherme G

publication date

• October 2023

publisher

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  Publisher

published in

• Emerging Infectious Diseases  Journal

keywords

• Angiostrongylus Cantonensis
• Animals
• Brown Rats
• Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis
• Gastropoda
• Georgia
• Nematodes
• Parasites
• Rats
• Rattus Norvegicus
• Rodents
• Strongylida Infections
• United States
• Vector-borne Infections
• Zoonoses

PubMed Central ID

• 37735783

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3201/eid2910.230706

start page

• 2167

end page

• 2170

volume

• 29

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2910.230706