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Ophthalmic Parasitosis: A Review Article [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Ocular parasitosis in human is more prevalent in geographical areas where environmental factors and poor sanitary conditions favor the parasitism between man and animals. Lesions in the eye can be due to damage directly caused by the infectious pathogen,
Ahmed Saliem +2 more
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Detection of Rat Lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in Rats and Gastropods, Italy [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe emerging zoonotic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis causes severe neural angiostrongyliasis in both humans and animals. The parasite has been reported in Spain. We detected A.
Divakaran Pandian +10 more
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Enzootic Angiostrongyliasis, Guangdong, China, 2008–2009
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 To the Editor: The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis was discovered in pulmonary arteries and hearts of domestic rats in Guangzhou (Canton), China, by Chen in 1935 (1). This parasite has a complex life cycle (2) and causes cerebral angiostrongyliasis after ingestion of infective larvae found in freshwater and terrestrial snails and slugs, paratenic ...
Zhen-Yu Qu +7 more
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Human angiostrongyliasis outbreak in Dali, China. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009 BackgroundSeveral angiostrongyliasis outbreaks have been reported in recent years but the disease continues to be neglected in public health circles. We describe an outbreak in Dali, southwest China in order to highlight some key problems for the control
Shan Lv +9 more
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A new diagnostic technique for identifying Angiostrongylus spp. larvae in intermediate snail species by examining the buccal cavity [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The intermediate hosts of A.
Yong-bo Zhao +8 more
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Subretinal Angiostrongyliasis: A Case Report
International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2021 Sugamon Koohasawad Department of Ophthalmology, Neurological Institute of Thailand, Bangkok, ThailandCorrespondence: Sugamon KoohasawadDepartment of Ophthalmology, Neurological Institute of Thailand, 312 Ratchawithi Road, Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi ...
Koohasawad S
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Angiostrongyliasis in the Americas [PDF]
, 2012 The helminth Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971 is endemic to the Americas and is responsible for a pathological abdominal syndrome, caused by the presence of the adult helminth in the mesenteric arteries. This is microscopically characterized by eosinophilic infiltration, vascular abnormality and a granulomatous reaction ...
Arnaldo Maldonado Jr. +2 more
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Subretinal angiostrongyliasis-induced optic neuritis
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2013 Suthasinee Sinawat,1 Yosanan Yospaiboon,1 Supat Sinawat21Vitreoretinal Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, 2Department of Physiology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, ThailandAbstract: A 27-year-old Thai male presented with progressive visual loss and a ...
Sinawat S, Yospaiboon Y, Sinawat S
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Enzootic Angiostrongyliasis in Shenzhen, China
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 To the Editor: Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic parasite that causes eosinophilic meningitis in humans after they ingest infective larvae in freshwater and terrestrial snails and slugs, paratenic hosts (such as freshwater fish, shrimps, frogs, and crabs), or contaminated vegetables.
Ren-Li Zhang +7 more
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Endemic Angiostrongyliasis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 To the Editor: The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lung worm), a zoonotic parasite that can accidentally infect humans and cause eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, has the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) as one of its most frequent definitive vertebrate hosts (1). Adult worms live in the pulmonary arteries of the definitive hosts, which excrete
Raquel O. Simões +7 more
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