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Volume 31, Number 10—October 2025

Research Letter

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Definitive and Intermediate Hosts, Madagascar, 2024

Lanto A. Maminirina, Zaïna I. Bodoarison, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Séverine Ferdinand1, and Beza Ramasindrazana1Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: Université de Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar (L.A. Maminirina); Unité Peste, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar (L.A. Maminirina, Z.I. Bodoarison, M. Rajerison, B. Ramasindrazana); Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo (L.A. Maminirina, Z.I. Bodoarison, M. Rajerison, B. Ramasindrazana); Unité Environnement–Santé, Equipe Ecologie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, France (S. Ferdinand)

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Figure 1

Specimens obtained in study of Angiostrongylus cantonensis lungworms in definitive and intermediate hosts, Madagascar, 2024. A) An A. cantonensis worm intermediate host giant African land snail (Achatina sp.) in Madagascar; B) adult male and female A. cantonensis worms extracted from the lung of an infected Rattus norvegicus rat.

Figure 1. Specimens obtained in study of Angiostrongylus cantonensis lungworms in definitive and intermediate hosts, Madagascar, 2024. A) An A. cantonensis worm intermediate host giant African land snail (Achatina sp.) in Madagascar; B) adult male and female A. cantonensis worms extracted from the lung of an infected Rattus norvegicus rat.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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