Occurrence of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior in domestic cats in Greece [PDF]
Parasites and Vectors, 2015 Background Despite the evidence that Mediterranean Europe offers suitable conditions for the biology of felid respiratory metastrongyloids, no updated data on the presence of felid lungworms are available for Greece.
Simone Morelli +2 more
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Mice as paratenic hosts of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Several species of nematodes included in the superfamily Metastrongyloidea are recognized agents of parasitic infections in felines. Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the most prevalent species affecting the respiratory system of domestic cats ...
Vito Colella +6 more
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Fatal Pulmonary Hypertension and Right-Sided Congestive Heart Failure in a Kitten Infected with Aelurostrongylus abstrusus [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is considered the most important respiratory nematode of domestic cats worldwide. This parasite inhabits the alveoli, alveolar ducts, and bronchioles and causes a subacute to chronic respiratory clinical disease. Clinical signs
Tommaso Vezzosi +7 more
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Aelurostrongylus abstrusus Antibody Seroprevalence Reveals That Cats Are at Risk of Infection throughout Germany [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Cats infected with the metastrongylid nematode Aelurostrongylus abstrusus may show clinical signs ranging from mild to severe respiratory disease or remain unobserved, despite damages present in the lung tissue.
Manuela Schnyder +4 more
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Hemorrhagic Meningoencephalomyelitis Due to Ectopic Localization of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Cat: First Case Report [PDF]
Animals, 2022 The lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is one of the main causes of respiratory diseases in cats worldwide. This report describes the unusual case of a kitten infected with A.
Fernanda Viola Tinoco +8 more
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The Influence of Temperature on the Larval Development of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in the Land Snail Cornu aspersum [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 The metastrongyloid Aelurostrongylus abstrusus has an indirect lifecycle involving gastropod intermediate hosts. The widespread snail Cornu aspersum is an efficient intermediate host of A. abstrusus.
Simone Morelli +6 more
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Aelurostrongylus abstrusus Infections in Domestic Cats (Felis silvestris catus) from Antioquia, Colombia [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Although Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infections in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) have sporadically been reported in Colombia, there is still no data available on epidemiology nor on the biology of this neglected lungworm parasite.
Sara Lopez-Osorio +5 more
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Diagnostic challenges for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infection in cats from endemic areas in Italy [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background The lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infects wild and domestic feline species worldwide and is considered a primary respiratory parasite of cats.
Alice Vismarra +5 more
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Clinical, Radiological, and Echocardiographic Findings in Cats Infected by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Cats infected by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus may show a plethora of clinical signs, and pulmonary hypertension (PH) seems to be one of the possible alterations induced by the infection; however, data on this association are scant and contradictory ...
Ettore Napoli +4 more
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A Molecular Survey on Neglected Gurltia paralysans and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus Infections in Domestic Cats (Felis catus) from Southern Chile [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Gurltia paralysans and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus are neglected metastrongyloid nematode species which infect domestic and wild cats in South American countries and in Chile, but no epidemiological studies on concomitant infections have been conducted in
Natasha Barrios +11 more
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