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Canine Angiostrongylus vasorum [PDF]

Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift, 2011
The French heartworm Angiostrougylus vasorum is a parasitic nematode that lives in the pulmonary vessels and the heart of canids. Transmission occurs through ingestion of infected intermediate hosts, such as snails and slugs. There are increasing reports
Binst, Dominique, Claerebout, Edwin, Daminet, Sylvie, Moeremans, Ilse, Van de Maele, Isabel   +4 more
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Etymologia: Angiostrongylus

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Ronnie Henry
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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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The recent introduction of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and its intermediate host Achatina fulica into Guadeloupe detected by phylogenetic analyses

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) is the main pathogen responsible for eosinophilic meningitis in humans. One of its intermediate snail hosts, Achatina fulica, was already present in many countries around the world before it appeared ...
Gelixa Gamiette, Séverine Ferdinand, David Couvin, Céline Dard, Antoine Talarmin   +4 more
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Fatal neural angiostrongyliasis in the Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis) leading to defining Angiostrongylus cantonensis risk map at a zoo in Australia

One Health, 2023
Neural angiostrongyliasis (NA) is a parasitic disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm). This study presents a case of NA in a captive Bolivian squirrel monkey from a zoo in western Sydney, Australia.
Phoebe Rivory, Kresen Pillay, Rogan Lee, David Taylor, Michael P. Ward, Jan Šlapeta   +5 more
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The long-term outcome and changes in tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient in dogs diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension and Angiostrongylus vasorum infestation. [PDF]

J Small Anim Pract
Objectives Angiostrongylus vasorum (AV) is a metastrongylid parasite that has been associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH) in dogs. The objectives of the study were to describe the clinical presentation of dogs with AV and PH, document changes in tricuspid regurgitation maximum pressure gradient (TR Max PG) in subsequent months and years, record ...
Turner R, Connolly D, Brodbelt D, Cortellini S.   +3 more
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Microorganisms and Common Ophthalmic Diseases [PDF]

, 2017
The human eye is in constant contact to environmental conditions that increase its likelihood in being exposed to a multitude of pathogens. Studies have revealed that the normal microbial flora found around the ocular area contribute to the well-being of
Su CW, Tighe S
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Clinical, laboratory and pathological findings in dogs experimentally infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum [PDF]

, 2010
The aim of this comparative study was to investigate the development of clinical signs and accompanying haematological, coproscopic and pathological findings as a basis for the monitoring of health condition of Angiostrongylus vasorum infected dogs.
A Martínez-Moreno, A Wessmann, AE Schultze, AK Boag, AK Prestwood, Anna Fahrion, Asja Kranjc, B Wiinberg, Barbara Riond, CA Rawlings, CB Grindem, CG Schelling, D Voehringer, DC Doorn van, EB Breitschwerdt, ER Morgan, G Bolt, G Conboy, H Hartert, H Neff, I Verzberger-Epshtein, IK Ramsey, J Eckert, J Eckert, J Guilhon, J Guilhon, J Koch, JL Willesen, JL Willesen, JL Willesen, JP Caruso, K Dodd, KV Mason, LS Garosi, M Schnyder, Manuela Schnyder, MB Mahaffey, MC Cury, MC Cury, MC Cury, MW Patteson, MWS Martin, NF Kuehn, NT Whitley, Pete Ossent, Peter Deplazes, Pia Webster, PS Chapman, S Schmitz, S Staebler, SD Oliveira-Junior, SM Gould, Tony Glaus, VV De Oliveira Vasconcelos   +53 more
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Gastropod-Borne Helminths: A Look at the Snail-Parasite Interplay. [PDF]

, 2015
More than 300 million people suffer from a range of diseases caused by gastropod-borne helminths, predominantly flatworms and roundworms, whose life cycles are characterized by a diversified ecology and epidemiology. Despite the plethora of data on these
Cantacessi, Cinzia, Colella, Vito, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Giannelli, Alessio, Otranto, Domenico   +4 more
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Chi3l3: a potential key orchestrator of eosinophil recruitment in meningitis induced by Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2018
Background Angiostrongylus cantonensis, an important foodborne parasite, can induce serious eosinophilic meningitis in non-permissive hosts, such as mouse and human. However, the characteristics and mechanisms of the infection are still poorly understood.
Shuo Wan, Xiaoqiang Sun, Feng Wu, Zilong Yu, Lifu Wang, Datao Lin, Zhengyu Li, Zhongdao Wu, Xi Sun   +8 more
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