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Diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis by PCR from sera of patients
Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo, 2003 Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic infection caused by an intra-vascular nematode parasitic of wild rodents, Angiostrongylus costaricensis.
Zaha A, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira
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Jejunal perforation caused by abdominal angiostrongyliasis Perfuração jejunal causada por angiostrongilíase abdominal [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1999 The authors describe a case of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in an adult patient presenting acute abdominal pain caused by jejunal perforation. The case was unusual, as this affliction habitually involves the terminal ileum, appendix, cecum or ascending ...
Jaques WAISBERG +6 more
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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
José Luis Quirós +5 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001 Angiostrongylus costaricensis may cause intestinal lesions of varied severity when it accidentally infects man in Central and South America. First-stage larvae have never been detected in stools. Therefore, a parasite-specific IgG ELISA was evaluated for
Geiger Stefan Michael +5 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008 Abdominal angiostrongyliasis (AA) is a zoonotic nematode infection caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, with widespread occurrence in the Americas. Although the human infection may be highly prevalent, morbidity is low in Southern Brazil.
Penélope E Palominos +4 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1991 Most of the cases of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in Brazil were reported from the southern States of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul (RS). A study in 27 cases from RS revealed a distinct local epidemiology.
Carlos Graeff-Teixeira +2 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2005 Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic infection caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a nematode with an intra-vascular location in the mesentery.
Graeff-Teixeira Carlos +17 more
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Use of heterologous antigens for the immunodiagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010 Angiostrongylus costaricensis has a broad geographic distribution spanning from North to South America and the infections of vertebrates with this nematode can result in abdominal complications.
Renata Ben +3 more
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An indirect immunofluorescence antibody test employing whole eggs as the antigen for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011 Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a potentially fatal zoonotic disease with a broad geographical distribution throughout Central and South America. This study assessed the performance of Angiostrongylus costaricensis eggs as the antigen in an indirect ...
Elizabeth Abrahams-Sandi +3 more
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: an under-diagnosed disease
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987 Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, H L Lenzi
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