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Hexokinase of Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Presence of a glucokinase

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry, 1979
1. Angiostrongylus cantonensis contains a glucokinase which was isolated by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. 2. This enzyme has a much higher affinity toward glucose (apparent Km, 0.2 mM) than fructose (apparent Km, 85 mM). Glucose-6-phosphate (10 mM) does not inhibit glucose phosphorylation. 3.
Nobu Akamatsu, Tozo Kanda, Michihiko Oguchi   +2 more
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Studies on Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Molluscan Intermediate Hosts

The Journal of Parasitology, 1967
First-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis from rat feces developed to infective third-stage larvae in 20 of 26 species of freshwater mollusks experimentally exposed. Numbers of larvae up to 2,000 per snail and survival of larvae for a year were observed in Biomphalaria glabrata.
James W. Merritt, Charles S. Richards
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Lung CT findings of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Clinical Imaging, 2011
Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis is a parasitic disease caused by human infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Fifteen cases were enrolled in our study. Chest CT scanning was performed with MSCT in all cases. The chest CT images demonstrated that pulmonary nodular lesions and ground-glass opacity lesions located in the subpleural area are the ...
Yun Cui, Ming Shen, Shujing Meng
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Studies on the cryopreservation of eggs of Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Journal of Helminthology, 1983
AbstractThe possibility of cryopreserving the eggs of Angiostrongylus cantonensis collected from the uterus of female worms was investigated. Eggs were cultured in NCTC 109 medium containing 50% rat serum, and various growth stages, from one-cell eggs to embryonated eggs, were used in this study.As a cryoprotective agent, dimethylsulphoxide (Me2SO) was
Takeo Matsumura, Noboru Iwamura, Shoji Uga, Kazuyoshi Araki   +3 more
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Occurrence of Rat Lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in Invasive Coqui Frogs (Eleutherodactylus coqui) and Other Hosts in Hawaii, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2020
: The rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) has emerged as an important human and animal health concern in Hawaii, US. Although the life cycle of the parasite requires both rat and gastropod hosts, other animals acting as paratenic hosts, such as ...
Chris N. Niebuhr, S. Jarvi, L. Kaluna, Bruce L. Torres Fischer, A. Deane, Israel L. Leinbach, S. Siers   +6 more
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Seroprevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Humans in China

Journal of Parasitology, 2011
A seroepidemiological survey was carried out in China during 2009-2010 to determine the extent of circulating antigens (CAg) for Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Chinese population using the gold immunochromatographic assay, with the objective of elucidating the nationwide prevalence of angiostrongyliasis in China.
Mu-Xin Chen, Mu-Xin Chen, Renli Zhang, Renli Zhang, Dana Huang, Dana Huang, Xiaoheng Li, Xiaoheng Li, Shitong Gao, Shitong Gao, Jia-Xu Chen, Lin Ai, Shao-Hong Chen, Xing-Quan Zhu, Xing-Quan Zhu, Yijie Geng, Yijie Geng   +16 more
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The spread of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Australia.

The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, 2002
Until the recent establishment of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in North America, Australia was the only developed region endemic for this parasite. Almost 50 years ago the life cycle was elucidated there, in the city of Brisbane, and the first human infections probably occurred in 1959. From the 1970s, increasing numbers of autochthonous infections have
Prociv, P., Carlisle, M. S.
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Cytokine responses in mice infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Parasitology Research, 1996
For determination of the kinetics of cytokine production and its possible role in host resistance to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the mouse, Th1 [interleukin 2 (IL-2) and interferon gamma (IFN-gamma] and Th2 (IL-5 and IL-4) cytokine production in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), sera, and culture supernatants of spleen cells (SC) or cervical lymph-node
Mikiko Aoki, Kazuto Ishida, Kentaro Yoshimura, Hiroko Sugaya, T. Abe   +4 more
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Apoptosis in meningoencephalitis of Angiostrongylus cantonensis-infected mice

Experimental Parasitology, 2008
A hallmark of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis is infiltration of leukocytes into brain parenchyma and subarachnoid space infected by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Apoptosis, a process that eliminates useless cells and counterbalances tissue homeostasis, is important for homeostasis of the immune system.
Hsiu Hsiung Lee, Li-Sung Hsu, Ke Min Chen, Jer Yuh Liu, Shih Chan Lai, Chau-Jong Wang   +5 more
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More onAngiostrongylus cantonensisInfection

New England Journal of Medicine, 1995
To the Editor: To the intriguing case report by New et al. (April 20 issue)1 of eosinophilic meningitis following the ingestion of a raw snail, a further warning should be added.
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