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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, Fernando A. Monteiro, Elizabeth Sánchez, Silvana C. Thiengo, Juberlan S. Garcia, Sócrates F. Costa-Neto, José L. Luque, Arnaldo Maldonado   +7 more
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis mimicking acute appendicitis [PDF]

Endoscopy, 2015
Paul T, Kröner, Victor, Argueta
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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
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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
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Severe angiostrongyliasis with neuropsychiatric symptoms in vulnerable adults: Early diagnosis via next-generation sequencing and successful treatment

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (AC) is a parasite that occasionally infects humans, causing eosinophilic meningitis (EM). In this study, we identified two adult males with severe angiostrongyliasis being treated at the ICU.
Xiaomiao Tang, Juanjuan Wu, Yefeng Yang, Yingqiong Wang, Chengji Jin, Chengzhi Xie, Mei Wang, Run Liu, Xiaozhi Wang, Fengyun Wang, Jing Wang   +10 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, N. D. Dananjaya Vithanage, K. D. N. Silva, N. Liyanarachchi, U. K. Jayantha   +4 more
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Canine Neural Angiostrongyliasis

, 2006
Summary Canine Neural Angiostrongyliasis (CNA) is caused by the obligatory neural migration of Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae in dogs. Characteristically, cases are juvenile dogs with progressive CNS dysfunction characterised by hyperaesthesia and often associated with eosinophilic pleocytosis of the CSF.
Julian Alexander Lunn
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Clinical Course and Optical Coherence Tomography of Ocular Angiostrongyliasis: A Case Report. [PDF]

J Curr Ophthalmol, 2023
Luangsawang K, Wongsantimeth V, Treeyawedkul S.   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Jessica Sola, Nieves Negre, Claudia Paredes-Esquivel   +3 more
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