Background: Angiostrongylus as a Growing Public Health Concern Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is a zoonotic nematode with a global footprint. It migrates through the host’s lungs when adult worms inhabit the rat’s pulmonary arteries, and humans can become infected by ingesting undercooked or raw snails, slugs, crustaceans, planarians, shrimps, or contaminated produce. In severe…