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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.
Rubens Rodriguez, Ana Cristina Aramburú da Silva, Carla Aristonara Müller, Silvana Lunardini Alves, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Fernando Fornari   +5 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.
Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Vanessa Fey Pascoal, Rubens Rodriguez, Alessandra Loureiro Morassutti, Pewpan M Intapan, Wanchai Maleewong   +5 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 Parasitology
Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus costaricensis are known human pathogens responsible for eosinophilic angiostrongyliasis and abdominal angiostrongyliasis, respectively.
Abigail Hui En Chan, Chanisara Kaenkaew, Wallop Pakdee, Urusa Thaenkham   +3 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 ...
Rubens Rodriguez, Javier Mora, Alberto Solano-Barquero, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Alicia Rojas   +4 more
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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 ...
Alicia Rojas, Arnaldo Maldonado-Junior, Javier Mora, Alessandra Morassutti, Rubens Rodriguez, Alberto Solano-Barquero, Anamariela Tijerino, Marianela Vargas, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira   +8 more
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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, Leonardo Favio Jurado-Zambrano, Rina L. Luna-Tavera, Jaime M. Jiménez   +3 more
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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 Science
Angiostrongylus 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, Tamara Solorzano-Scott, Fernando Aguilar-Vargas, Fernando Aguilar-Vargas, Martha Cordero-Salas, Amanda Conejo, Alicia Rojas, Alicia Rojas, Mario Baldi   +8 more
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Multicenter, Retrospective Determination of the Clinical Utility of Screening Tests in Dogs With Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. [PDF]

J Vet Intern Med
ABSTRACT Background Potential triggers of immune‐mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) are often identified, but their frequency and the benefit of extensive screening for these to individual dogs is uncertain. Objective To assess the frequency of non‐associative IMHA in dogs undergoing screening in Britain and Ireland and identify where specific tests ...
Morrison T, Oikonomidis IL, Walker HK, Santos NS, Conway SA, Cuq B, Albuquerque CSC, Gil-Morales C, Woods G.   +8 more
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First identification of Angiostrongylus spp. in Lissachatina fulica and Cornu aspersum in Antioquia, Colombia [PDF]

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Introduction. Abdominal and neural angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis and A. cantonensis, respectively, are zoonotic diseases involving snails as intermediate hosts.
Ramón Gamarra-Rueda, Ricardo García, Diana C. Restrepo-Rodas, Janeth Pérez-García   +3 more
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A Scoping Review of Angiostrongyliasis and Other Diseases Associated with Terrestrial Mollusks, Including Lissachatina fulica: An Overview of Case Reports and Series [PDF]

Pathogens
Terrestrial mollusks, including the invasive giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica), pose significant public health risks due to their role as carriers of various pathogens, such as Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus costaricensis.
Isabella Villanueva Parra, Valentina Muñoz Diaz, Darly Martinez Guevara, Freiser Eceomo Cruz Mosquera, Diego Enrique Prieto-Alvarado, Yamil Liscano   +5 more
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