Autochthonous Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infections in Accidental and Definitive Hosts, San Diego, California, USA.

ABSTRACT: The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is an emerging veterinary and public health concern. We describe A. cantonensis infections in a zoo-housed parma wallaby and free-ranging Virginia opossums and roof rats in San Diego, California, USA. Angiostrongyliasis should be considered in central nervous system disease in humans and animals in this region.

SUBMITTER: Nakagun S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12928223 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature