Cluster of Angiostrongyliasis Cases Following Consumption of Raw Monitor Lizard in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Review of the Literature [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 Angiostrongyliasis in humans causes a range of symptoms from mild headache and myalgia to neurological complications, coma and death. Infection is caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked intermediate or paratenic hosts infected with ...
Leeyounjera Yang +8 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]
PathogensTerrestrial 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 +5 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 SaludIntroduction. Abdominal and neural angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis and A. cantonensis, respectively, are zoonotic diseases involving snails as intermediate hosts.
Ramón Gamarra-Rueda +3 more
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: an under-diagnosed disease [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1987 C. Graeff-Teixeira +2 more
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Individual serological follow-up of patients with suspected or confirmed abdominal angiostrongyliasis [PDF]
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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Natural infection of Deroceras laeve (Mollusca: gastropoda) with metastrongylid larvae in a transmission focus of abdominal angiostrongyliasis Infecção natural de Deroceras laeve com larvas de metastrongilídeos em um foco de transmissão da angiostrongilíase abdominal [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2002 Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode parasitic of rodents. Man may become infected by ingestion of the third stage larvae produced within the intermediate hosts, usually slugs from the family Veronicellidae. An epidemiological study carried out in
Rafael Lucyk MAURER +5 more
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First Reported Outbreak of Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998 Human abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a potentially fatal disease caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a nematode found in the Americas. During the period of December 1994 through August 1995, an outbreak of this disease occurred in Guatemala. We identified 22 cases of abdominal angiostrongyliasis and conducted a matched case-control study to ...
M H, Kramer +10 more
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Terrestrial Slugs in Neotropical Agroecosystems
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Slugs can be important agricultural pests in tropical regions. They are also intermediate hosts of parasitic nematodes, such as Angiostrongylus costaricensis and A.
Mariangie Ramos +4 more
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First report of a naturally patent infection of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a dog [PDF]
, 2015 Angiostrongylus costaricensis is the zoonotic agent of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in several countries in North and South America. Rodents are recognized as the main definitive hosts of A.
Alfaro Alarcón, A +10 more
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Distribution of Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774) (Pulmonata Stylommatophora) in Argentina with first record of the Reserva de Usos Múltiples Isla Martin Garcia, Río de la Plata superior [PDF]
, 2009 Deroceras reticulatum is a misanthropic European species spread widely throughout South America. At the moment this species is considered a ‘pest’ in direct sowing such as maize, soybean, sunflower, wheat, alfalfa and clovers, among others.
César, Inés Irma +2 more
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