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Angiostrongylus costaricensis: first record of its occurrence in the State of Espirito Santo, Brazil, and a review of its geographic distribution Angiostrongylus costaricensis: primeiro relato de sua ocorrência no estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil, e revisão de sua distribuição geográfica

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1995
Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a metastrongylid nematode with wide geographic distribution, occurring from the United States to Argentina.
Gil Patrus M. Pena, José de Souza Andrade Filho, Samuel Curvelo de Assis   +2 more
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Right Testicular Artery Occlusion and Acute Appendicitis by Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Case Reports in Surgery, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
Introduction. Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode from the superfamily Metastrongyloidea, whose etymology is “roundworm that lives in blood vessels”. This parasite can be found from the southern United States to northern Argentina and southern Brazil.
Luis Enrique Sánchez-Sierra, Roberto Antonio Martínez-Quiroz, Héctor S. Antúnez, Humberto Cabrera-Interiano, Fernando Josué Barrientos-Melara, Tahsin Colak   +5 more
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Interface Molecules of Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Their Role in Parasite Survival and Modulation of Host Defenses

International Journal of Inflammation, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a nematode parasite that causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans. Disease presents following the ingestion of third‐stage larvae residing in the intermediate mollusk host and disease manifests as an acute inflammation of the meninges characterized by eosinophil infiltrates which release a battery of ...
Alessandra L. Morassutti, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Activity profiling of peptidases in Angiostrongylus costaricensis first-stage larvae and adult worms. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BACKGROUND:Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a relatively uncharacterized nematode that causes abdominal angiostrongyliasis in Latin America, a human parasitic disease.
Karina M Rebello, James H McKerrow, Ester M Mota, Anthony J O Donoghue, Ana Gisele C Neves-Ferreira   +4 more
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Angiostrongylus costaricensis infection in Martinique, Lesser Antilles, from 2000 to 2017

Parasite, 2018
Human abdominal angiostrongyliasis (HAA) is a parasitic disease caused by the accidental ingestion of the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis in its larval form.
Dard Céline, Nguyen Duc, Miossec Charline, de Meuron Katia, Harrois Dorothée, Epelboin Loïc, Cabié André, Desbois-Nogard Nicole   +7 more
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First report of the nematode Cruzia tentaculata using molluscs as natural intermediate hosts, based on morphology and genetic markers

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021
The life cycles of many parasitic nematodes include terrestrial gastropods as intermediate hosts. Over the past few decades, a number of cases of parasitism between molluscs and medically-important nematodes have been reported in Brazil, in particular ...
Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Arnaldo Maldonado-Jr, Roberto V. Vilela, Beatriz E. Andrade-Silva, Helene S. Barbosa, Suzete R. Gomes, Silvana C. Thiengo   +6 more
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Endemicity of Zoonotic Diseases in Pigs and Humans in Lowland and Upland Lao PDR: Identification of Socio-cultural Risk Factors [PDF]

, 2016
In Lao People's Democratic Republic pigs are kept in close contact with families. Human risk of infection with pig zoonoses arises from direct contact and consumption of unsafe pig products.
A Ito, A Steyer, AF van den Hurk, AL Willingham Iii, Anousone Phongmany, Blánaid Donnelly, Boualam Khamlome, CF Frey, Chattouphone Keokamphe, Delia Grace, F Bruschi, F Khan, Fred Unger, Guo-Jing Yang, H Barennes, Hannah R. Holt, IR Dohoo, J Conlan, JA Jacobson, Jeff Gilbert, John Allen, JV Conlan, JV Conlan, JV Conlan, K Bardosh, Kate Blaszak, Kerryne Graham, L Salim, M Epprecht, P Somphou, Peter A. Durr, Phouth Inthavong, PM Schantz, S Handali, S Kumar, Silvia Alonso, Stuart D. Blacksell, VCW Tsang, Virasack Somoulay, XJ Meng, XJ Meng   +40 more
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Eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Europe. [PDF]

, 2020
OBJECTIVES: To describe and analyse the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported human angiostrongyliasis in Europe. METHODS: A systematic literature review of cases of human angiostrongyliasis in Europe was performed.
Federspiel, Frederik, Skarphedinsson, Sigurdur, Skovmand, Sofie   +2 more
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Scientometrics of zoonoses transmitted by the giant African snail Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 [PDF]

, 2017
The dissemination of the giant African snail Achatina fulica in several countries has triggered a great number of studies on the mollusk, including those on zoonoses related to health in humans.
Calaça, Elaine Alves, Oda, Fabrício Hiroiuki, Pavanelli, Gilberto Cezar, Yamaguchi, Mirian Ueda   +3 more
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Gastropod-Borne Helminths: A Look at the Snail-Parasite Interplay. [PDF]

, 2015
More than 300 million people suffer from a range of diseases caused by gastropod-borne helminths, predominantly flatworms and roundworms, whose life cycles are characterized by a diversified ecology and epidemiology. Despite the plethora of data on these
Cantacessi, Cinzia, Colella, Vito, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Giannelli, Alessio, Otranto, Domenico   +4 more
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