Angiostrongylus cantonensis – Adult worms

France, CHU Rennes Parasitologie-Mycologie

Adult Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) cantonensis are 15-33 mm in length, and 0.25-50 mm in breadth. Female worm displays whitish uterine branches, coiled up around dark red intestine. This worm is the causative agent of eosinophil meningitidis.