angiostrongyliasis
English
Etymology
Angiostrongylus + -iasis
Noun
angiostrongyliasis (uncountable)
- (medicine) Infection by a nematode of the genus Angiostrongylus.
- 2015 August 1, “Mitochondrial Genome Supports Sibling Species of Angiostrongylus costaricensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae)”, in PLOS ONE, DOI::
- 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 ].
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