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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 Diseases
Angiostrongylus 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, Min Yu, Si-Man Chen, Peng-Fei Qin, Qing-Mei Huang, Zhan Gao, De-Feng Liu, De-Tian Liu   +7 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Meningitis and Myelitis, Texas, USA [PDF]

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, Stacy L. Nayes, James R. Murphy, Gloria P. Heresi, Ian J. Butler, Norma Pérez   +5 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Meningoencephalitis in Three Pediatric Patients in Florida, USA. [PDF]

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis has been reported in several southern U.S. states and Hawai'i. We present the first locally acquired human cases of A.
Chance MD, Noel AD, Thompson AB, Marrero N, Bula-Rudas F, Horvat CM, Green J, Armstrong JE, Levent F, Dudas RA, Shaffren S, Samide A, Martinez K, Stockdale K, Chancey RJ.   +14 more
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Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Angiostrongylus cantonensis-Induced Eosinophilic Meningitis: A Case Report Emphasizing the Need for Accurate Detection Methods

The American journal of case reports, 2023
Patient: Male, 66-year-old Final Diagnosis: Severe angiostrongylus cantonensis-induced eosinophilic meningitis Symptoms: Fever and conscious change Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Infectious Diseases Objective: Rare disease Background: Angiostrongylus ...
Wei-Ting Luo, Ching-Hao Hsu, Roy Chen-Chih Wu, Hsin-Pai Chen   +3 more
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Molecular insights versus morphological traits: rethinking identification of the closely related Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus malaysiensis

Parasites & Vectors
Background The closely related Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus malaysiensis have been reported to coexist in Thailand and share similar hosts and life cycles. Recently, in an angiostrongyliasis outbreak in Thailand, both A.
Chanisara Kaenkaew, Abigail Hui En Chan, Naowarat Saralamba, Jiraporn Ruangsittichai, Kittipong Chaisiri, Vachirapong Charoennitiwat, Urusa Thaenkham   +6 more
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Antihistamines H₁ as Potential Anthelmintic Agents against the Zoonotic Parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Infections 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.
Roquini DB, Lemes BL, Kreutz ALB, Spoladore SC, Amaro MC, Lopes FB, Fernandes JPS, de Moraes J.   +7 more
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Release of Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae from live intermediate hosts under stress. [PDF]

Parasitol Res
The metastrongyloid nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis causes eosinophilic meningitis in a variety of homeothermic hosts including humans. Third-stage infectious larvae develop in gastropods as intermediate hosts.
Šipková A, Anettová L, Izquierdo-Rodriguez E, Velič V, Modrý D.   +4 more
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Local terrestrial snails as natural intermediate hosts of the zoonotic parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the new European endemic area of Valencia, Spain

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.
M. V. Fuentes, M. Gómez-Samblás, Orly Richter, S. Sáez-Durán, Rubén Bueno-Marí, A. Osuna, M. Galán-Puchades   +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 Diseases
Rats, 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, Miguel Bedoya-Pérez, Michael P. Ward, Jan Šlapeta   +3 more
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Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015
Twenty-one species of Angiostrongylus plus Angiostrongylus sp. (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) are known currently in wildlife. These occur naturally in rodents, tupaiids, mephitids, mustelids, procyonids, felids, and canids, and aberrantly in a range of ...
David M Spratt
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