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Differential diagnosis of CNS angiostrongyliasis: a short review.

open access: green, 2013
Vichai Senthong   +2 more
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Pediatric angiostrongyliasis

Médecine et Santé Tropicales, 2018
Angiostrongyliasis, the leading cause worldwide of eosinophilic meningitis, is an emergent disease due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae, transmitted accidentally to humans. Contamination of children usually occurs by direct contact with an infected mollusk.
F, Lombard   +4 more
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Human angiostrongyliasis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2008
Human angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a rat lungworm, has been reported globally. Human infections are acquired by ingestion of raw or undercooked snails or slugs, paratenic hosts such as prawns, or contaminated vegetables that contain the infective larvae of the worm.
Qiao-Ping, Wang   +4 more
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Angiostrongyliasis Cantonensis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1979
Summary: A case of Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, presenting in a Caucasian resident of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, is described. Diagnosis was supported by serological studies. This appears to be the first report of a case from New Britain.
E M, Scrimgeour, W J, Burke
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Treatment of angiostrongyliasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008
Angiostrongyliasis, caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is endemic in northeastern Thailand and southern and eastern Taiwan and is also reported throughout the world. Humans get infected by eating raw freshwater snails or other paratenic hosts. The three main clinical forms of angiostrongyliasis are: eosinophilic meningitis (EoM), eosinophilic ...
Kanlayanee, Sawanyawisuth   +1 more
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Neuro-angiostrongyliasis: unresolved issues

International Journal for Parasitology, 2000
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, probably evolved with its hosts, members of the genus Rattus and closely related species, in south-east Asia. Since its first discovery in rats in China and in a case of human infection in Taiwan, the parasite has been found to infect humans and other mammals across a wide and ever-increasing territory ...
Prociv, P.   +2 more
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