Angiostrongylus Cantonensis Infection: Potential Threats to Inhabitants through Consumption of Giant African Land Snail in Democratic Republic of Sao Tome E Principe, West Africa

Agriculture & Biology

• Sao Tome and Principe 99%
• Western Africa 68%
• snails 61%
• snail meat 54%
• larvae 36%
• infection 34%
• intermediate hosts 21%
• lungs 16%
• Achatina fulica 15%
• Pomacea canaliculata 14%
• parasites 10%
• molting 9%
• Gulf of Guinea 8%
• death 7%
• meningoencephalitis 7%
• nausea 7%
• meat processing 6%
• headache 6%
• rice 6%
• meningitis 6%
• disease course 6%
• gloves 6%
• food preparation 6%
• vomiting 6%
• definitive hosts 6%
• parasitoses 5%
• eating habits 5%
• young adults 5%
• mucus 5%
• shell (molluscs) 5%
• microscopes 4%
• neck 4%
• tissues 4%
• weather 4%
• life cycle (organisms) 4%
• intestines 4%
• ingestion 4%
• vegetables 3%
• mouth 3%
• history 3%
• brain 3%
• muscles 3%
• monitoring 3%
• water 2%