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Cluster of angiostrongyliasis cases following consumption of raw monitor lizard in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and review of the literature

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Angiostrongyliasis in humans causes a range of symptoms from mild headache and myalgia to neurological complications, coma and death. Infection is caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked intermediate or paratenic hosts infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis or via contaminated vegetables or water. We describe a cluster of cases involved in the shared meal of wild raw monitor lizard in the Lao PDR. Seven males, aged 22–36 years, reported headaches, abdominal pain, arthralgia, myalgi...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.3390/tropicalmed6030107

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MDPI Publisher's website
Journal:
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease Journal website
Volume:
6
Issue:
3
Article number:
107
Publication date:
2021-06-22
Acceptance date:
2021-06-11
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ISSN:
2414-6366
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1182930
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pubs:1182930
Deposit date:
2021-06-21

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