Local terrestrial snails as natural intermediate hosts of the zoonotic parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the new European endemic area of Valencia, Spain [PDF]
Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 71, Issue 4, Page 451-456, June 2024.The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, has recently been found in the city of Valencia, parasitizing rats, Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus, its natural definitive hosts.
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Susceptibility of Angiostrongylus cantonensis Larvae to Anthelmintic Drugs. [PDF]
Front Pharmacol, 2022 Human helminthiasis affects approximately one in five people in the world and disproportionally affects the poorest and most deprived communities. Human angiostrongyliasis, caused by nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is a neglected emerging disease ...
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Insights into the biology of the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. [PDF]
Parasit 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 ...
Griffin CD, Ezenwa VO, Cowie RH.
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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.
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Antihistamines H1 as Potential Anthelmintic Agents against the Zoonotic Parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis. [PDF]
ACS OmegaInfections caused by parasitic helminths pose significant health concerns for both humans and animals. The limited efficacy of existing drugs underscores the urgent need for novel anthelmintic agents.
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A Structural Analysis of Host-Parasite Interactions in <i>Achatina fulica</i> (Giant African Snail) Infected with <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i>. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a nematode parasite that resides in the pulmonary arteries of rodents, serving as its definitive hosts. The life cycle involves several species of non-marine gastropods as intermediate hosts, and the African giant snail ...
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis eosinophilic meningitis [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999 In the past 50 years, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis, has spread from Southeast Asia to the South Pacific, Africa, India, the Caribbean, and recently, to Australia and North America, mainly carried by cargo ...
Pien, Brian C., Pien, Francis D.
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Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Urban Rats, Valencia, Spain, 2021. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2022 To determine the role of rats as potential reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, we examined rats trapped in urban sewers of Valencia, Spain, in 2021.
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Achatina fulica infected by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Manaus, brazilian amazon region, and the risk of transmission of eosinophilic meningitis [PDF]
Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, 2023 Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which causes the zoonosis Eosinophilic Meningitis (EM), has become increasingly widespread in Brazil. Terrestrial mollusks, especially the exotic giant African snail Achatina fulica, have being found naturally infected with ...
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A Peculiar Distribution of the Emerging Nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Canary Islands (Spain): Recent Introduction or Isolation Effect? [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Simple Summary Angiostrongylus cantonensis, commonly known as the rat lungworm, is considered the leading cause of eosinophilic meningitis in humans.
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