Angiostrongyliasis

A foodborne zoonotic disease, endemic to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, caused by the rat lungworm <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> and that is acquired by the ingestion of the infective larvae on vegetables or in raw or undercooked snails, slugs, land crabs, freshwater shrimps, frogs and lizards. The main feature is eosinophilic meningitis, with clinical manifestations including fever, headache, malaise, fatigue, vomiting, rhinorrhea, blurred vision, diplopia, cough, stiff neck, enteritis, constipation and paraesthesia due to the movement of the worms from the intestines to the lungs, central nervous system and eyes. In severe cases without treatment, coma and death can occur.

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

Run the differential on the 3 obligate / very frequent terms

Annotation source: 29411969[PMID]_18922484[PMID]_31287041[PMID]

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