Research Article
Vectors and Spatial Patterns of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Selected Rice-Farming Villages of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Table 3
Snails examined for Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija.
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| Snails | Sites | Total | Angiostrongylus cantonensis | Infected with other nematodes | Bantug | Catalanacan | Matingkis | Sapang Cawayan | Villa Nati |
| Freshwater | | | | | | | | | Indoplanorbis exustus | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 14 | | | Jagora asperata | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | | | Melanoides maculata | 20 | 18 | 12 | 21 () | 18 | 89 | | | Pomacea canaliculata | 25 | 37 | 37 | 76 () | 25 () | 200 | | | Radix quadrasi | 22 | 24 | 39 | 20 | 33 | 138 | | | Tarebia granifera | 13 | 7 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 108 | | + | Vivipara angularis | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 41 | | | Vivipara carinata | 31 | 29 | 15 | 66 | 43 | 184 | | | Total | 115 | 117 | 138 | 282 | 129 | 781 | | |
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| Snails | Sites | Total | Angiostrongylus cantonensis | Infected with other nematodes | Bagong Sicat | Poblacion East | Poblacion North | Poblacion South |
| Terrestrial | | | | | | | | Achatina fulica | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 120 | | |
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