Liat L B, Fong Y L, Krishnansamy M, Ramachandran P, Mansor S
Trop Geogr Med. 1978 Jun;30(2):241-6.
A survey of the freshwater snails, Pila scutata and Bellamyia ingallsiana, as food consumed by the local population was carried out in Peninsular Malaysia. Of these two species the first is preferred; the sizes favoured are between 25--40 mm. Pila snails were found to be consumed by the three communities, viz. Malay, Chinese and Indian, in different ways. The various methods of preparing the snails for consumption are described. P. scutata is an intermediate host of the rat-lung worm, Angiostrongylus malaysiensis. As this worm presumably is the causative agent of human eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, the eating habits of the three races in consuming the snail in relation to the epidemiology of the disease was also discussed.
在马来西亚半岛开展了一项关于当地居民食用的淡水蜗牛——斑玉螺和英氏沼螺的调查。在这两个物种中，人们更喜欢第一种；受欢迎的大小在25至40毫米之间。人们发现，马来族、华族和印族这三个群体食用斑玉螺的方式各不相同。文中描述了将蜗牛加工以供食用的各种方法。斑玉螺是马来血管圆线虫的中间宿主，这种线虫大概是人类嗜酸性粒细胞性脑膜脑炎的病原体，文中还讨论了这三个种族食用蜗牛的饮食习惯与该疾病流行病学的关系。
