PCR for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded human tissue. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 To date the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis (AA) depends on the histological identification of Angiostrongylus costaricensis (AC) in surgical specimens.
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: a case with severe evolution Angiostrongilíase abdominal: um caso com grave evolução [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2005 A case of acute abdomen disease caused by abdominal angiostrongyliasis is reported. A 42-year-old otherwise healthy patient presented with a complaint of nine days of abdominal pain, constipation, disury, fever and right iliac fossa palpable mass ...
José Wellington Alves dos Santos +5 more
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A practical guide for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Abdominal angiostrongyliasis (AA) is a severe parasitic infection caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis. This disease is characterized by abdominal pain, a strong inflammatory eosinophilic response in the blood and tissues, and eventually ...
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: report of two cases with different clinical presentations Angiostrongilíase abdominal: relato de dois casos com diferentes apresentações clínicas [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2008 Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a sporadic infectious disease caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis. It usually presents as acute abdomen, secondary to mesenteric ischemia, and pronounced eosinophilia. In some cases its course is insidious
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis with involvement of liver histopathologically confirmed: a case report [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2011 Human abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by ingestion of the L3 larvae of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. The human infection gives rise to a pathological condition characterized by acute abdominal pain, secondary to an inflammatory
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis, report of two cases and analysis of published reports from Colombia [PDF]
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2020 Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic zoonosis, endemic in the American continent. Its etiological agent is Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a nematode whose definitive hosts are rats and other rodents and the intermediate hosts, slugs.
Fernando Bolaños +3 more
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis can be diagnosed with a immunochromatographic rapid test with recombinant galactin from Angiostrongylus cantonensis [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020 Angiostrongylus costaricensis is the causative agent of abdominal angiostrongyliasis, a zoonotic infection that may produce severe eosinophilic enterocolitis or hepatitis in humans.
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis in the Americas: fifty years since the discovery of a new metastrongylid species, Angiostrongylus costaricensis [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a zoonotic parasitic nematode described for the first time in 1971 by Pedro Morera and Rodolfo Céspedes in Costa Rica. This parasite causes an infection known as abdominal angiostrongyliasis, affecting mainly school-aged ...
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Case report: First documented case of cerebral angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a free-ranging opossum [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceAngiostrongylus costaricensis is a metastrongyloid nematode that primarily infects the mesenteric arteries of wild rodents. This parasite is endemic in several regions of the American continent, and in humans, causes a disease known as abdominal ...
Tamara Solorzano-Scott +8 more
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Insights into the genetic diversity of Angiostrongylus spp. causing human angiostrongyliasis and implications for molecular identification and diagnosis [PDF]
Food and Waterborne ParasitologyAngiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus costaricensis are known human pathogens responsible for eosinophilic angiostrongyliasis and abdominal angiostrongyliasis, respectively.
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