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Angiostrongylus minasensis n. sp.: new species found parasitizing coatis (Nasua nasua) in an urban protected area in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020
Currently, there are 21 species of Angiostrongylus that parasitize the pulmonary or mesenteric arteries of wild and domestic rodents, felids, canids and human.
Lara Ribeiro de Almeida, Joyce Gonçalves Rosário de Souza, Hudson Andrade Santos, Eduardo José Lopes Torres, Roberto do Val Vilela, Olívia Monique Soares Cruz, Leonardo Rodrigues, Cíntia Aparecida de Jesus Pereira, Arnaldo Maldonado Junior, Walter dos Santos Lima   +9 more
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Gastropod-derived haemocyte extracellular traps entrap metastrongyloid larval stages of Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Phagocyte-derived extracellular traps (ETs) were recently demonstrated mainly in vertebrate hosts as an important effector mechanism against invading parasites.
Gärtner, Ulrich, Hermosilla, Carlos, Lange, Malin K., Mejer, Helena, Muñoz-Caro, Tamara, Penagos-Tabares, Felipe, Schaper, Roland, Taubert, Anja   +7 more
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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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First report of a naturally patent infection of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a dog [PDF]

, 2015
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is the zoonotic agent of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in several countries in North and South America. Rodents are recognized as the main definitive hosts of A.
Alfaro Alarcón, A, Annoscia, G, Cerrone, A, Chinchilla, A, Colella, V, Dantas Torres, F, Galiero, G, Gutierrez, N, Otranto, D, Santoro, M., VENEZIANO, VINCENZO   +10 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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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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Feline lungworms unlock a novel mode of parasite transmission. [PDF]

, 2015
Snail-borne lungworms exert an enormous toll on the health and welfare of animals and humans. Of these parasites, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior affect the respiratory tract of felids.
Brianti, Emanuele, Cantacessi, Cinzia, Colella, Vito, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Giannelli, Alessio, Otranto, Domenico, Ramos, Rafael Antonio Nascimento   +6 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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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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