angiostrongyliasis
Findings
No curated finding names angiostrongyliasis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A foodborne zoonotic disease, endemic to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, caused by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis and that is acquired by the ingestion of the infective larvae on vegetables or in raw or undercooked snails, slugs, land crabs, freshwater shrimps, frogs and lizards. The main feature is eosinophilic meningitis, with clinical manifestations including fever, headache, malaise, fatigue, vomiting, rhinorrhea, blurred vision, diplopia, cough, stiff neck, enteritis, constipation and paraesthesia due to the movement of the worms from the intestines to the lungs, central nervous system and eyes. In severe cases without treatment, coma and death can occur.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019143), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
39 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- CSF pleocytosisHPOHP:0012229
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- HeadacheHPOHP:0002315
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Severely increased total eosinophil countHPOHP:0032061
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ArthralgiaHPOHP:0002829
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Brain imaging abnormalityHPOHP:0410263
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Constipation
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- Increased intracranial pressureHPOHP:0002516
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- IrritabilityHPOHP:0000737
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- MeningitisHPOHP:0001287
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- MyalgiaHPOHP:0003326
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ParesthesiaHPOHP:0003401
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Poor appetiteHPOHP:0004396
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of