Rat Lungworm Infection Associated with Central Nervous System Disease --- Eight U.S. States, January 2011--January 2017
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Angiostrongyliasis is caused by infection and migration to the brain of larvae of the parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, or rat lungworm.