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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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An unusual cause of visual loss: Subfoveal, motile angiostrongyliasis

Tropical doctor, 2021
This is a short report describing the clinical presentation, investigations, treatment and outcome of a patient living in the Jamaican countryside who was diagnosed with a live, motile subfoveal helminth identified as Angiostrongylus cantonensis on ...
R. Sawh, L. Mowatt
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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.
D. Basset   +4 more
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An outbreak of Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis in Beijing

Journal of Parasitology, 2010
An outbreak of 81 cases of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis (AC) occurred in Beijing, China, during June through September 2006. Epidemiological characteristics, clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, imaging, and treatment data from the 81 AC patients were collected and analyzed.
Suxia Ma   +7 more
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Human Angiostrongyliasis of the Eye in Bangkok

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1962
Summary A case of ocular angiostrongyliasis in a Thai male aged 34 years, in Bangkok, is reported. It is the third case of Angiostrongylus infection in man, the first in Thailand, and the first to be reported involving the eye.
Anond Pradatsundarasar   +2 more
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: pathologic findings in Swiss mice infected with different doses of Angiostrongylus costaricensis.

Journal of Helminthology, 2020
Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, the definitive and intermediate hosts of which are wild rodents and terrestrial molluscs, respectively. Humans are accidental hosts and can be infected by ingesting the third-stage (
C. Hermes   +4 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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Rainfall and temperature driven emergence of neural angiostrongyliasis in eastern Australia, 2020-2024.

Journal of Infectious Diseases
Neural angiostrongyliasis (NA), caused by rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), is an emerging zoonotic disease on Australia's east coast. The number of cases has risen since 2010.
Phoebe Rivory   +3 more
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Histopathological criteria for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis

Parasitology Research, 1991
An increasing number of cases of abdominal angiostrongyliasis have recently been diagnosed in southern Brazil. A comparative study of 19 confirmed cases and 15 suspected cases was undertaken to review the anatomo-pathology of the disease and to establish histopathological criteria for its diagnosis.
Léa Camillo-Coura   +2 more
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