Progress in integrated control of Pomacea canaliculata, intermediate host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an animal parasite that also invades the human body.Living in the central nervous system,it may cause eosinophilic meningoencephalitis(eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to A.cantonensis).At present,the disease is mainly seen in the Asia-Pacific region,particularly Southeast Asian countries and China’s southern provinces.Pomacea canaliculata is a major intermediate host of A.cantonensis.In recent years,outbreaks of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to A.cantonensis in Wenzhou city,Zhejiang province and Changle city,Fujian province were wholly caused by consumption of P.canaliculata.However,prevention and control of P.canaliculata is currently limited to simple physical,agriculture and chemical means,and an effective system of integrated control techniques has yet to be founded.This paper mainly introduces the domestic and foreign advances in prevention and treatment of P.canaliculata in recent years.