Cultural and Clinical Insights from an Outbreak of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by the Rat Lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in South Brazil

By afschroeder • September 19, 2025

Hernandez CJ, Fonseca PM, Noal A, Cambou MC, Dos Santos Varella IR, Santos BR, Gonçalves de Melo M, Nielsen-Saines K. Cultural and Clinical Insights from an Outbreak of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by the Rat Lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in South Brazil. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Sep 18:ajtmh.25-0364. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.25-0364. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40967199.

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