Successful Management of Angiostrongylus Cantonensis-Induced Eosinophilic Meningitis Using Albendazole–Corticosteroid Therapy: A Case Report With Serial Cytokine and CSF Monitoring [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesAngiostrongylus eosinophilic meningitis is aparasitic disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The initial report is originated from southern China. However, the incidence rate has decreased due to improvements in sanitary conditions.
Wen-Dong Cong +7 more
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Detection of Rat Lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in Rats and Gastropods, Italy [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe emerging zoonotic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis causes severe neural angiostrongyliasis in both humans and animals. The parasite has been reported in Spain. We detected A.
Divakaran Pandian +10 more
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Zoonotic Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Black Rats, Houston, Texas, 2024 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe Angiostrongylus cantonensis rat lungworm is a zoonotic nematode that infects several rat species. This nematode causes eosinophilic meningitis and meningoencephalitis in humans and other accidental hosts. We found a 20% prevalence of A.
Daniela A. Sierra +4 more
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Mannose-binding lectin deficiency with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Introduction Eosinophilic meningitis, a potentially fatal disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is considered an emerging infectious disease.
de Paula-Almeida Olga +6 more
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Older urban rats are infected with the zoonotic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis [PDF]
Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne DiseasesRats, being synanthropic, are hosts to agents of zoonotic diseases that pose a threat to human and domestic animal health. The nematode parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis, commonly known as the rat lungworm, is no exception; it can cause potentially ...
Phoebe Rivory +3 more
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Transcriptome Profiling of Male Adult Angiostrongylus cantonensis. [PDF]
Iran J Parasitol, 2023 Background: The pathogen of angiostrongyliasis is the parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis, and the transcriptome profiling of the male adult was unclear. We aimed to understand how the male adults adapt, so the expression profile of A. cantonensis adult males was analyzed.
Yue G +9 more
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Insights into the biology of the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsAngiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasitic nematode with a complex life cycle involving rats as definitive hosts and gastropods as intermediate hosts. The parasite can infect other organisms, including humans, in which it causes neuroangiostrongyliasis ...
Chasen D. Griffin +2 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Meningitis and Myelitis, Texas, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis roundworms is endemic in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin. A. cantonensis meningitis and myelitis occurred in summer 2013 in a child with no history of travel outside of Texas, USA.
Roukaya Al Hammoud +5 more
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Analysis of the mitochondrial genome to determine the origins and pathways of entry of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in continental Europe (Valencia, Spain) [PDF]
ParasitologyAngiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is a zoonotic parasite mainly of rats which act as definitive hosts. If humans become accidentally infected, the nematode is capable of migrating to the brain causing meningoencephalitis.
Mercedes Gómez-Samblás +6 more
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First record of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in Diplothrix legata (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tokunoshima Island, Japan [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeThe Ryukyu long-furred rat, Diplothrix legata (Rodentia: Muridae), is an endangered species endemic to the Tokunoshima, Amami-Oshima, and Okinawajima Islands, which are part of Japan's southwestern islands.
Keita Sakashita +7 more
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