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Eating Centipedes Can Result in Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection: Two Case Reports and Pathogen Investigation
- Source :
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99:743-748
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018.
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Abstract
- Angiostrongyliasis is a food-borne parasitic disease caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis that can lead to eosinophilic meningitis (EM) or meningoencephalitis in humans. Angiostrongylus cantonensis is prevalent in the Pacific Islands. In recent years, a large number of outbreaks and severe cases have occurred. Several species of mollusk, such as snails and slugs, act as intermediate and paratenic hosts of A. cantonensis. In this study, two cases of EM were found to have been caused by infection with A. cantonensis due to consumption of raw centipedes. To survey the A. cantonensis infections acquired through centipedes that the patients had bought at a vegetable market, we performed etiological examinations and polymerase chain reaction amplification of A. cantonensis genes. Third-instar larvae of A. cantonensis were detected in the centipedes, and specific genes from A. cantonensis were detected in all the specimens. This indicates that the centipede may act as a competent host for the transmission of A. cantonensis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of A. cantonensis infection through the consumption of centipedes.
- Subjects :
- Male
030231 tropical medicine
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antibodies, Helminth
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Albendazole
Dexamethasone
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Food Parasitology
Meningoencephalitis
Virology
Paratenic
medicine
Animals
Humans
Cooking
030212 general & internal medicine
Arthropods
Aged
Strongylida Infections
Anthelmintics
biology
fungi
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Outbreak
Articles
Middle Aged
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Infectious Diseases
Nematode
Immunoglobulin M
Immunoglobulin G
Parasitic disease
Angiostrongyliasis
Female
Parasitology
Centipede
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14761645 and 00029637
- Volume :
- 99
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....02c404b9b43a4ade3c344d2dbcc65402