Meanings
nounangiostrongyliasis (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA parasitic infection that can infect humans when they eat contaminated raw snails/slugs or unwashed produce and may cause eosinophilic meningitis.
It is endemic to the Americas (from southern USA to northern Argentina in South America) and in humans causes abdominal or intestinal angiostrongyliasis, which mimics appendicitis with eosinophilia [5 ,6 ].
2015 August 1, “Mitochondrial Genome Supports Sibling Species of Angiostrongylus costaricensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes with angiostrongyliasis
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