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Successful Management of Angiostrongylus Cantonensis-Induced Eosinophilic Meningitis Using Albendazole-Corticosteroid Therapy: A Case Report With Serial Cytokine and CSF Monitoring. [PDF]

Case Rep Infect Dis
Angiostrongylus eosinophilic meningitis is aparasitic disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The initial report is originated from southern China. However, the incidence rate has decreased due to improvements in sanitary conditions. Individuals who become infected are considered accidental cases.
Cong WD, Yu M, Chen SM, Qin PF, Huang QM, Gao Z, Liu DF, Liu DT.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Release of Lungworm Larvae from Snails in the Environment: Potential for Alternative Transmission Pathways [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Gastropod-borne parasites may cause debilitating clinical conditions in animals and humans following the consumption of infected intermediate or paratenic hosts.
A Di Cesare, A Giannelli, A Giannelli, AJ Norton, Alessio Giannelli, Antonio Varcasia, C Tamponi, CA Waugh, CB Gerichter, CL Mendonça, CLGF Mendonça, CM Adema, CY Yii, D Heyneman, D Otranto, DH Molyneux, Domenico Otranto, DU Olveda, E Brianti, E Brianti, Emanuele Brianti, ER Morgan, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Francesca Abramo, G Annoscia, I Paperna, JE Ubelaker, JL Teem, Luigi Falsone, M Campion, Mark T. Fox, Martin Knaus, Matty Knight, P Seneviratna, QP Wang, RA Ramos, Rafael Antonio do Nascimento Ramos, RC Anderson, RH Cowie, SC Thiengo, SJ Kutz, SN Boev, SS Wu, TA Barçante, TC Cheng, TM Caro, TM Caro, TN Petney, TP Ng, VC Bonetti, Vito Colella, W Jeżewski   +51 more
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Infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in both humans and the snail Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica in the city of Macapá, in the Amazon Region of Brazil [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020
In January and February 2019, a malacological survey was conducted in the area surrounding the residence of a 12-year-old child that had contracted cerebral angiostrongyliasis in the municipality of Macapá, capital of the Amapá State, northern Brazil ...
Tatiane Alves Barbosa, Silvana Carvalho Thiengo, Monica Ammon Fernandez, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Alessandra Loureiro Morassutti, Fábio Rodrigo Paixão Mourão, Clóvis Omar Sá Miranda, Michel de Moraes Jorge, Liliane Freitas Costa, Suzete Rodrigues Gomes   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Larvicidal Efficacy of Ozone and Ultrasound on Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Rat Lungworm) Third-Stage Larvae

Foods, 2022
The parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) is the leading cause of human eosinophilic meningitis worldwide. Most human infections occur through the accidental consumption of A.
Argon Steel, Matthew S. Platz, Alyssa-Jade Riglos, Billie Jean Garcia, John Jacob, Susan I. Jarvi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Angiostrongyliasis [PDF]

, 2020
Abstract The rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis causes outbreaks of eosinophilic meningitis in parts of Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania, and the Caribbean. Human infections follow ingestion of raw snails (the primary intermediate hosts), food contaminated by snail mucus, or one of several paratenic hosts.
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Childhood Eosinophilic meningitis: two case reports

Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Eosinophilic meningitis (EM) is a rare form of meningitis caused by parasitic infestations, Hypereosinophilic syndrome and neoplasms.   Case Presentation: We present two EM cases with no clear evidence of parasitic infestation or malignancy,
I. Kankananarachchi, N. D. Dananjaya Vithanage, K. D. N. Silva, N. Liyanarachchi, U. K. Jayantha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cluster of Angiostrongyliasis Cases Following Consumption of Raw Monitor Lizard in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Review of the Literature

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Angiostrongyliasis in humans causes a range of symptoms from mild headache and myalgia to neurological complications, coma and death. Infection is caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked intermediate or paratenic hosts infected with ...
Leeyounjera Yang, Chirapha Darasavath, Ko Chang, Vilayvanh Vilay, Amphonesavanh Sengduangphachanh, Aphaphone Adsamouth, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Valy Keolouangkhot, Matthew T. Robinson   +8 more
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Neuroangiostrongyliasis: Updated Provisional Guidelines for Diagnosis and Case Definitions

Pathogens, 2023
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the main causative agent for eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans. Larvae are rarely found in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). Consequently, serology and DNA detection represent important diagnostic tools.
Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth, Shan Lv, William Sears, Zhaily González Rodríguez, Hilda Hernández Álvarez, Pedro Casanova Arias, Leticia Karolini Walger Schultz, Alicia Rojas, John Jacob, Susan Jarvi, Kenton Kramer   +11 more
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Comparison of Antibody Isotype Response to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Experimentally Infected Rats (Rattus norvegicus) Using Hawai’i 31 kDa Antigen in an Indirect ELISA

Pathogens, 2023
Neuroangiostrongyliasis (NAS) is an emerging tropical disease in humans and some animals which is caused by infection with the parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis. It is the leading cause of eosinophilic meningitis worldwide.
Argon Steel, Lisa Kaluna, John Jacob, Susan Jarvi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Invasive snails and an emerging infectious disease: results from the first national survey on Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic meningitis (angiostrongyliasis) caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis is emerging in mainland China. However, the distribution of A.
Shan Lv, Yi Zhang, He-Xiang Liu, Ling Hu, Kun Yang, Peter Steinmann, Zhao Chen, Li-Ying Wang, Jürg Utzinger, Xiao-Nong Zhou   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source