Two Ocular Angiostrongyliasis Cases in Thailand with Molecular Identification of Causative Parasite Species [PDF]
Human angiostrongyliasis is an important foodborne helminthic zoonosis caused by the nematodes of the genus Angiostrongylus. We describe two parasitologically confirmed cases of ocular angiostrongyliasis, presenting at a tertiary care hospital in ...
Patcharaporn Boonroumkaew+6 more
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Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) active larval emergence from deceased bubble pond snails (Bullastra lessoni) into water [PDF]
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (the rat lungworm) is a zoonotic parasite of non-permissive accidental (dogs, humans, horses, marsupials, birds) hosts.
Phoebe Rivory, Rogan Lee, Jan Šlapeta
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A new diagnostic technique for identifying Angiostrongylus spp. larvae in intermediate snail species by examining the buccal cavity [PDF]
Background 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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Ocular angiostrongyliasis in Thailand: a retrospective analysis over two decades
Suthasinee Sinawat,1 Thawinee Trisakul,1 Stephanie Choi,2 Michael Morley,2 Supat Sinawat,3 Yosanan Yospaiboon11KKU Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 3Department ...
Sinawat S+6 more
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Diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis by PCR from sera of patients [PDF]
Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic infection caused by an intra-vascular nematode parasitic of wild rodents, Angiostrongylus costaricensis.
Ana Cristina Arámburu da Silva+2 more
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Eosinophilic Meningitis and Pneumonitis due to Angiostrongyliasis: a Case Report [PDF]
YM Leng, Allen Li
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Jejunal perforation caused by abdominal angiostrongyliasis Perfuração jejunal causada por angiostrongilíase abdominal [PDF]
The authors describe a case of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in an adult patient presenting acute abdominal pain caused by jejunal perforation. The case was unusual, as this affliction habitually involves the terminal ileum, appendix, cecum or ascending ...
Jaques WAISBERG+6 more
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Angiostrongyliasis in the Americas
Angiostrongyliasis in the AmericasTo the Editor : We read with special interest the article by Hochberg et al. about angiostrongyliasis in Hawaii (1) .Angiostrongylus cantonensis meningitis in the Americas was reported by Aguiar et al. in Cuba in 1981 (2), and we have studied this zoonosis during the following 25 years.We agree with the authors about ...
Alberto Juan Dorta-Contreras+2 more
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Immunochromatographic test for rapid serological diagnosis of human angiostrongyliasis [PDF]
Praphathip Eamsobhana+3 more
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International Symposium on Angiostrongylus and Angiostrongyliasis, 2010
The third International Symposium on Angiostrongylus and Angiostrongyliasis was held April 8–9, 2010, at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. Twenty-nine researchers from 7 countries attended the symposium. The symposium’s theme was “Advances in the disease, control, diagnosis and molecular genetics of the ...
Zongli Diao+3 more
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