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obsolete Angiostrongylus cantonensis infectious disease

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An angiostrongyliasis that involves infection of the brain by the larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis causing eosinophilic meningitis. The symptoms include severe headache, nausea, vomiting, neck stiffness, seizures, and neurologic abnormalities. Ocular inva

An angiostrongyliasis that involves infection of the brain by the larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis causing eosinophilic meningitis. The symptoms include severe headache, nausea, vomiting, neck stiffness, seizures, and neurologic abnormalities. Ocular invasion by the larvae can occur.