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PCR for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded human tissue.

PLoS ONE, 2014
To date the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis (AA) depends on the histological identification of Angiostrongylus costaricensis (AC) in surgical specimens.
Rubens Rodriguez, Ana Cristina Aramburú da Silva, Carla Aristonara Müller, Silvana Lunardini Alves, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Fernando Fornari   +5 more
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Trichostatin A, a Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor, Alleviates Eosinophilic Meningitis Induced by Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Mice

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) has been used in the treatment of neurodegenerative or autoimmune diseases. Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection is an emerging zoonosis of human eosinophilic meningitis or ...
Yanhua Zhang, Yanhua Zhang, Yanhua Zhang, Hui Xie, Hui Xie, Hui Xie, Wenyan Tang, Xingda Zeng, Xingda Zeng, Xingda Zeng, Yu Lin, Lian Xu, Lian Xu, Lian Xu, Lihua Xiao, Jun Xu, Zhongdao Wu, Zhongdao Wu, Zhongdao Wu, Dongjuan Yuan   +19 more
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Angiostrongyliasis

Sohal RJ, Gilotra TS, Nguyen AD, Nguyen AD, Lui F.   +4 more
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Angiostrongylus spp. in the Americas: geographical and chronological distribution of definitive hosts versus disease reports

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
BACKGROUND Angiostrongyliasis is an infection caused by nematode worms of the genus Angiostrongylus. The adult worms inhabit the pulmonary arteries, heart, bronchioles of the lung, or mesenteric arteries of the caecum of definitive host. Of a total of 23
Romina Valente, Maria del Rosario Robles, Graciela T Navone, Julia I Diaz   +3 more
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Standardization of a multiplex real-time PCR test for the identification of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, A. costaricensis and A. vasorum

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2018
Introduction: Angiostrongyliasis is a disease caused by Angiostrongylus nematodes that is present worldwide. The infections with the highest impact on human and animal health are caused by A. cantonensis, A. costaricensis, and A. vasorum.
Rubén E. Varela-M, Jinney Stefany Arias, Luz Elena Velásquez   +2 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection of Central Nervous System, Guiana Shield

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis complicated by transverse myelitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a 10-year-old boy from Brazil who had traveled to Suriname.
Antoine L. Defo, Noémie Lachaume, Emma Cuadro-Alvarez, Chimène Maniassom, Elise Martin, Falucar Njuieyon, Fanny Henaff, Yajaira Mrsic, Annabelle Brunelin, Loic Epelboin, Denis Blanchet, Dorothée Harrois, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Magalie Demar, Céline Dard, Narcisse Elenga   +16 more
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Ocular angiostrongyliasis in Thailand: a retrospective analysis over two decades

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2019
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, Trisakul T, Choi S, Morley M, Sinawat S, Yospaiboon Y, Yospaiboon Y   +6 more
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Drug trials for treatment of human angiostrongyliasis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2003
Abdominal and cerebral angiostrongyliasis are two important infections produced by metastrongylid worms, the former occurring in Central and South America and the later in Asia and Pacific Islands.
Márcia Bohrer Mentz, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira   +1 more
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Subretinal angiostrongyliasis-induced optic neuritis

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2013
Suthasinee Sinawat,1 Yosanan Yospaiboon,1 Supat Sinawat21Vitreoretinal Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, 2Department of Physiology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, ThailandAbstract: A 27-year-old Thai male presented with progressive visual loss and a ...
Sinawat S, Yospaiboon Y, Sinawat S
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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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