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Will all scientists working on snails and the diseases they transmit please stand up? [PDF]
, 2012 Copyright © 2012 Adema et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source ...
A Baeza Garcia +28 more
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, 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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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 +5 more
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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 +4 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 +11 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +9 more
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 26, Issue 12, Page 1634-1644, December 2021., 2021 Abstract Objectives The aims of the study were two‐fold: (1) antigen (Ag) preparation and evaluation of three antigens of Gnathostoma spinigerum infective larvae (GsL3), crude somatic antigen (CSAg), excretory‐secretory antigen (ESAg) and partially purified antigens (namely P1Ag, P2Ag and P3Ag) to differentiate IgE, IgG, IgG1–4 and IgM for human ...
Issariya Ieamsuwan +4 more
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A Review of Infectious Diseases Associated with Religious and Nonreligious Rituals
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Rituals are an integral part of human life but a wide range of rituals (both religious and non‐religious), from self‐flagellation to blood brotherhood to ritual sprinkling of holy water, have been associated with transmission of infections. These infections include angiostrongyliasis, anthrax, brucellosis, cholera, COVID‐19, cutaneous larva migrans ...
Kiran Gajurel +2 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Nematode Invasion Pathway, Mallorca, Spain
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Neural angiostrongyliasis is an emerging zoonosis caused by the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. In humans, infection with this nematode often results in eosinophilic meningitis and other severe disorders of the central nervous system.
Sofia Delgado-Serra +3 more
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