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Infection is caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked intermediate or paratenic hosts infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis or via contaminated vegetables or water. We describe a cluster of cases involved in the shared meal of wild raw monitor lizard in the Lao PDR. Seven males, aged 22\u201336 years, reported headaches, abdominal pain, arthralgia, myalgia, nausea\/vomiting, diarrhea, neurological effects and loss of appetite. Five were admitted to hospital. The final diagnosis was made by clinical presentation and case history, and positive A. cantonensis PCR for two cases. All hospitalized patients recovered fully following supportive treatment. The remaining two individuals sought local home remedies and made full recovery. Whilst most published reports concern infections via consumption of molluscs, few detailed reports exist on infections that result from the consumption of reptiles and there exists little awareness in Lao PDR. This case cluster, which originates from a single meal, highlights the potential public health risk of the consumption of raw and wild-caught meat in Lao PDR and the Southeast Asia region. Without specific diagnostics, clinical history and the consideration of recent food consumption are important when evaluating patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/tropicalmed6030107","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,22]],"date-time":"2021-06-22T22:10:59Z","timestamp":1624399859000},"page":"107","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Cluster of Angiostrongyliasis Cases Following Consumption of Raw Monitor Lizard in the Lao People\u2019s Democratic Republic and Review of the Literature"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Leeyounjera","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Adult Infectious Disease Ward, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane 01000, Laos"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chirapha","family":"Darasavath","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Adult Infectious Disease Ward, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane 01000, Laos"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ko","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Adult Infectious Disease Ward, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane 01000, Laos"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vilayvanh","family":"Vilay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infectious Disease Ward, 103 Military Hospital, Vientiane 01000, Laos"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amphonesavanh","family":"Sengduangphachanh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane 01000, Laos"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aphaphone","family":"Adsamouth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane 01000, Laos"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Manivanh","family":"Vongsouvath","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane 01000, Laos"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valy","family":"Keolouangkhot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Adult Infectious Disease Ward, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane 01000, Laos"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1187-2712","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matthew T.","family":"Robinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane 01000, Laos"},{"name":"Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LG, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"621","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(08)70229-9","article-title":"Human angiostrongyliasis","volume":"8","author":"Wang","year":"2008","journal-title":"Lancet Infect. 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