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In October 2018, two hedgehogs were admitted to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Hospital in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) with signs of acute neurological disease. Necropsy detected immature, fully developed nematodes in the subarachnoid space of both hedgehogs, including a gravid female worm. DNA-based molecular tools confirmed the nematode as , an important aetiological agent of eosinophilic meningitis in humans. So far this zoonotic parasite in has not been reported in western European wildlife.

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis in North African hedgehogs as vertebrate hosts, Mallorca, Spain, October 2018
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Claudia+Paredes-Esquivel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Paredes-Esquivel Claudia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jessica+Sola&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sola Jessica</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sof%C3%ADa+Delgado-Serra&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Delgado-Serra Sofía</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Miguel++Puig+Riera&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Puig Riera Miguel </a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nieves+Negre&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Negre Nieves</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Miguel+%C3%81ngel+Miranda&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Miranda Miguel Ángel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jos%C3%A9+A+Jurado-Rivera&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jurado-Rivera José A</a></span>. Angiostrongylus cantonensis in North African hedgehogs as vertebrate hosts, Mallorca, Spain, October 2018. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(33):pii=1900489. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.33.1900489" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.33.1900489</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 25 Jul 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 14 Aug 2019 </span> </p>
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