Epidemiology[edit]A. cantonensis an

Epidemiology[edit]
A. cantonensis and its vectors are endemic to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin.[1] The infection is becoming increasingly important as globalization allows it to spread to more and more locations, and as more travelers encounter the parasites. The parasites probably travel effectively through rats traveling as stowaways on ships, and through the introduction of snail vectors outside endemic areas.

Although mostly found in Asia and the Pacific where asymptomatic infection can be as high as 88%, human cases have been reported in the Caribbean, where as much as 25% of the population may be infected. In the United States, cases have been reported in Hawaii, which is in the endemic area [5]. The infection is now endemic in wildlife and a few human cases have also been reported in areas where the parasite was not originally endemic, such as New Orleans and Egypt.

The disease has also arrived in Brazil, where there were 34 confirmed cases from 2006 to 2014, including one death.[8] The giant African land snail, which can be a vector of the parasite, has been introduced to Brazil as an invasive species and is spreading the disease. There may be more undiagnosed cases, as Brazilian physicians are not familiar with the eosinophilic meningitis associated to angiostrongyliasis and misdiagnose it as bacterial or viral.[8]

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Epidemiologi [sunting]A. cantonensis dan vektor yang adalah endemik di Asia Tenggara dan Basin Pasifik. [1] infeksi menjadi semakin penting sebagai globalisasi memungkinkan untuk menyebar ke lokasi yang lebih dan lebih, dan sebagai lebih banyak wisatawan menghadapi parasit. Parasit mungkin perjalanan secara efektif melalui tikus bepergian sebagai stowaways di kapal, dan melalui pengenalan siput vektor di luar daerah endemik.Meskipun sebagian besar ditemukan di Asia dan Pasifik mana asimtomatik infeksi bisa setinggi 88%, kasus manusia telah dilaporkan di Karibia, dimana sebanyak 25% dari populasi mungkin terinfeksi. Di Amerika Serikat, kasus telah dilaporkan di Hawaii, yang berada di daerah endemik [5]. Infeksi sekarang endemik di satwa liar dan beberapa kasus manusia juga telah dilaporkan di daerah mana parasit bukanlah awalnya endemik, seperti New Orleans dan Mesir.Penyakit juga telah tiba di Brazil, mana ada 34 dikonfirmasi kasus dari 2006-2014, termasuk satu kematian. [8] siput tanah Afrika raksasa, yang bisa menjadi vektor parasit, telah diperkenalkan ke Brasil sebagai sebuah Spesies invasif dan menyebarkan penyakit. Mungkin ada lebih terdiagnosis kasus, seperti Brasil dokter tidak akrab dengan eosinophilic meningitis yang terkait untuk angiostrongyliasis dan misdiagnose sebagai bakteri atau virus. [8]