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THE metastrongylid lung-worm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen), was described from rats at Canton1, reported by Yokogawa from Formosa2, and has been found in about 5 per cent of wild brown rats, Rattus norvegicus (Erxl.), in Brisbane. It is now being maintained as a laboratory infection in white rats. The life-history shows some remarkable features.
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Chen, H. T., Ann. Parasitol., 13, 312 (1935).
Yokogawa, S., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa, 27, 247 (1937).
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MACKERRAS, M., SANDARS, D. Life-history of the Rat Lung-worm and its Migration through the Brain of its Host. Nature 173, 956–957 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173956a0
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