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Identification of Novel Genes and Proteoforms in Angiostrongylus costaricensis through a Proteogenomic Approach

Pathogens, 2022
RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) and mass-spectrometry-based proteomics data are often integrated in proteogenomic studies to assist in the prediction of eukaryote genome features, such as genes, splicing, single-nucleotide (SNVs), and single-amino-acid variants
Esdras Matheus Gomes da Silva, Karina Mastropasqua Rebello, Young-Jun Choi, Vitor Gregorio, Alexandre Rossi Paschoal, Makedonka Mitreva, James H. McKerrow, Ana Gisele da Costa Neves-Ferreira, Fabio Passetti   +8 more
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: report of two cases with different clinical presentations Angiostrongilíase abdominal: relato de dois casos com diferentes apresentações clínicas

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
Rubens Rodriguez, Roberta Martins Dequi, Lucas Peruzzo, Paulo Moacir Mesquita, Errol Garcia, Fernando Fornari   +5 more
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Potentiality of Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) as intermediate host of the Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Céspedes 1971

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2003
Samples of Achatina fulica were experimentally infected with Angiostrongylus costaricensis larvae, etiological agent of abdominal angiostrongyliasis, showing that A. fulica is susceptible to the parasite.
Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Horácio MS Teles, Ester Maria Mota, Cristiane Lafetá Gomes Furtado de Mendonça, Henrique Leonel Lenzi   +4 more
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On the diversity of mollusc intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971 in southern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1993
Veronicellid slugs are considered the most important intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, an intra-arterial nematode of rodents. Studies undertaken in three localities in southern Brazil led to identification of molluscs other than ...
Carlos Graeff Teixeira, Silvana C. Thiengo, José Willibaldo Thome, Aline Bueno Medeiros, Lea Camillo-Coura, Aventino A. Agostini   +5 more
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Drug trials for treatment of human angiostrongyliasis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2003
Abdominal and cerebral angiostrongyliasis are two important infections produced by metastrongylid worms, the former occurring in Central and South America and the later in Asia and Pacific Islands.
Márcia Bohrer Mentz, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira   +1 more
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Human infection by Angiostrongylus costaricensis in Venezuela: first report of a confirmed case Infección humana por Angiostrongylus costaricensis en Venezuela: primer reporte de un caso confirmado

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2007
A proven case of human infection caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis is reported for the first time in Venezuela. The patient was a 57-year-old female surgically operated because of signs of peritonitis with a palpable mass at the lower right ...
Renzo Nino Incani, Eduardo Caleiras, Milena Martín, Carlos González   +3 more
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Mitochondrial Genome Supports Sibling Species of Angiostrongylus costaricensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a zoonotic parasitic nematode that causes abdominal or intestinal angiostrongyliasis in humans. It is endemic to the Americas.
Hoi-Sen Yong, Sze-Looi Song, Praphathip Eamsobhana, Share-Yuan Goh, Phaik-Eem Lim, Wan-Loo Chow, Kok-Gan Chan, Elizabeth Abrahams-Sandi   +7 more
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Novel aspects of the pathogenesis of aneurysms of the abdominal aorta in humans [PDF]

, 2010
peer reviewedAneurysm of the abdominal aorta (AAA) is a particular, specifically localized form of atherothrombosis, providing a unique human model of this disease.
Allaire, E., Thorsteinsdottir, U, Egido, J., Michel, Jérôme, N. Sakalihasan, Swedenborg, J,, J.-B. Michel, Lindholt, J, Michel, JB, Egido, J, Allaire, E, J. Lindholt, J. Swedenborg, J.-L. Martin-Ventura, E. Allaire, Martin-Ventura, J. L., Cockerill, G., U. Thorsteinsdottir, Thorsteinsdottir, U., Treska, V, FAD EU consortium, Lindholt, J., Swedenborg, Jesper, V. Treska, Sakalihasan, Natzi, Sakalihasan, N, null null, Swedenborg, J, G. Cockerill, Michel, J-B, Treska, V., Martin-Ventura, J-L, Martin-Ventura, JL, J. Egido, Cockerill, G   +34 more
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Managing a Live Advanced Abdominal Twin Pregnancy. [PDF]

, 2013
Advanced abdominal pregnancies with live twin fetuses are extremely rare and are misdiagnosed in up to 60% of the cases. Such a case is presented here, highlighting the diagnostic and management challenges encountered. A high index of suspicion in making
Gumodoka, B, Kihunrwa, A, Mpogoro, Fj, Massinde, An   +3 more
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Identificação de roedores silvestres como hospedeiros do Angiostrongylus costaricensis no sul do Brasil Identification of wild rodents as hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in the South of Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1990
Um número crescente de casos de angiostrongilíase abdominal tem sido detectado no sul do Brasil. O principal hospedeiro do Angiostrongylus costaricensis na América Central, o rato do algodão (Sigmodon hispidus), não ocorre na América do Sul, exceto no ...
Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Fernando D. de Ávila-Pires, Rita de Cássia C. Machado, Léa Camillo-Coura, Henrique Leonel Lenzi   +4 more
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