Thai Koi-Hoi Snail Dish and Angiostrongyliasis Due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Effects of Food Flavoring and Alcoholic Drink on the Third-Stage Larvae in Infected Snail Meat
Human infection with the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Parastrongylus cantonensis) in Thailand, especially in the northeastern region, is associated with the habit of eating koi-hoi, which contains raw snail meat. Infection results from the snails being carriers of the larval parasite. T...
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Mary Ann Liebert
2009
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/13393/ http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/fpd.2008.0191?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed& http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2008.0191 |
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