Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2018 Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is the most common infectious cause of eosinophilic meningitis and can be fatal. The parasite can be found throughout Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands and the global distribution is expanding.
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Meningoencefalitis Eosinofílica Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis
Revista Médica Electrónica, 2009 El Angiostrongylus cantonensis es la causa infecciosa más frecuente de meningoencefalitis eosinofílica en el niño en nuestro medio. El huésped definitivo de este nemátodo es la rata y los humanos se infectan por la ingestión de larvas en tercer estadio ...
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PROTEASE SECRETED BY THE INFECTIVE LARVAE OF ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS AND ITS ROLE IN THE PENETRATION OF MOUSE INTESTINE [PDF]
, 2005 June‐Der Lee, Chuan‐Min Yen
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Mediators of Inflammation, 2017 Angiostrongylus cantonensis (A. cantonensis) is an important food-borne parasitic disease. Previous study showed that A. cantonensis infection can cause demyelination in the central nerve system, but the mechanism of action has not been understood.
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Reproductive biology of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Metastrongyloidea: Angiostrongylidae) [PDF]
, 1982 Twenty rats (Rattus norvegicus) received infective inocula of 5, 10, 20, and 40 third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The effects of varying doses of larvae on prepatent period larval production, worm establishment, worm size, and fertility ...
Harris, Grace Spatafora
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VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR IS ASSOCIATED WITH BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER DYSFUNCTION IN EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS CAUSED BY ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS INFECTION [PDF]
, 2007 Hung‐Chin Tsai +4 more
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Older urban rats are infected with the zoonotic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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 ...
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Strongylides in Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica (Mollusca, Achatinidae) in Havana, Cuba
Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas, 2019 Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica was introduced in Cuba in 2014 for african religious purposes and nowadays, mainly by human activity, it is widespread all over the country and, where besides a general nuisance for people it is a pest and also a public ...
José Alejandro Rodríguez Pérez +8 more
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Low susceptibility of Achatina fulica from Brazil to infection with Angiostrongylus costaricensis and A. cantonensis [PDF]
, 2007 Erli Neuhauss +3 more
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