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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 1058-1060Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2805.212287
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A case of Angiostrongylus infection in a red ruffed lemur from a zoo in southeastern United States was reported, indicating the emergence of this parasite as a zoonosis in the region.
A red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) from a zoo in Louisiana, USA, was euthanized for worsening paresis. Brain and spinal cord histology identified eosinophilic meningoen-cephalomyelitis with intralesional adult Angiostrongylus sp. nematodes. PCR and sequencing confirmed A. cantonensis infection, indicating this parasite constitutes an emerging zoonosis in the southeastern United States.
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