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Hedgehogs and Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Uncovering the Role of Atelerix albiventris in the Parasite Life Cycle. [PDF]

Integr Zool
ABSTRACT The ongoing invasion of the zoonotic parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis threatens humans, other mammals, and birds. In Mallorca, neurological disorders associated with this parasite are increasingly reported in free‐living Algerian hedgehogs, Atelerix algirus, raising public health concerns.
Šipková A, Javorská K, Anettová L, Pandian D, Cibulka P, Kačmaříková J, Novotný L, Modrý D.   +7 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis and A. malaysiensis Broadly Overlap in Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Myanmar: A Molecular Survey of Larvae in Land Snails.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic nematode parasite causing human eosinophilic meningitis (or meningoencephalitis) worldwide. A closely related species, Angiostrongylus malaysiensis, might also be a human pathogen.
Rutchanee Rodpai, Pewpan M Intapan, Tongjit Thanchomnang, Oranuch Sanpool, Lakkhana Sadaow, Sakhone Laymanivong, Win Papa Aung, Issarapong Phosuk, Porntip Laummaunwai, Wanchai Maleewong   +9 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis eosinophilic meningitis

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 ship rats.
Pien, Francis D., Pien, Brian C.
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis in anterior chamber

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Live worm in anterior chamber is a rare finding. We hereby report a case of ocular Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the third case report from India. A 70-year-old female presented with the complaints of watering and foreign body sensations in right eye since 2 months.
Uma Sharan Tiwari, Ankita Aishwarya, Shashi Gandhi, Priya Sisodia   +3 more
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Genetic characterization of Angiostrongylus larvae and their intermediate host, Achatina fulica, in Thailand.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by nematodes of the genus Angiostrongylus. Distribution of this worm corresponds to the dispersal of its main intermediate host, the giant African land snail Achatina fulica.
Abdulhakam Dumidae, Pichamon Janthu, Chanakan Subkrasae, Paron Dekumyoy, Aunchalee Thanwisai, Apichat Vitta   +5 more
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HumanAngiostrongylus cantonensis, Jamaica

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
To the Editor: Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis worldwide (1). The parasite's presence has been well documented in Jamaica in rats (definitive host) and a variety of mollusks (intermediate hosts); infections occur in humans sporadically on the island.
Cecelia A. Waugh, Shira Shafir, Matthew Wise, Ralph D. Robinson, Mark L. Eberhard, John F. Lindo   +5 more
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First records of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Northeastern Brazil, including new global records of natural intermediate hosts

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2018
Human neural angiostrongyliasis is an emerging infectious disease caused by nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The present study investigated the presence of Angiostrongylus spp.
Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Silvana Carvalho Thiengo, Monica Ammon Fernandez, Suzete Rodrigues Gomes, Jéssica Corrêa Antônio, Marianna de Carvalho Clímaco, Juberlan Silva Garcia, Arnaldo Maldonado-Junior, Luciene Barbosa, Silvio Santana Dolabella   +9 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis

, 2010
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1933) Site of infection: no specified. Recruitment: ingestion. Distribution: Japan (Uchida 1976; Otsuru 1977; Hasegawa & Asakawa 2004). No specimens in collections. Remarks: This species is parasite of rodents around the world, and can also be parasite of man (Slom et al. 2002).
Xue, Xiao-Feng, Song, Zi-Wei, Hong, Xiao-Yue   +2 more
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Lizards as sentinels for the distribution of <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i>. [PDF]

Epidemiol Infect
Abstract The rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic metastrongyloid nematode currently considered an emerging pathogen. Originating in Southeast Asia, this nematode has spread to tropical and subtropical parts of the world via its invasive rodent and gastropod hosts.
Anettová L, Baláž V, Coufal R, Horsák M, Izquierdo-Rodriguez E, Šipková A, Foronda P, Modrý D.   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Parastrongylus cantonensis in a Nonhuman Primate, Florida

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Parastrongylus (= Angiostrongylus) cantonensis is a parasitic nematode of Norway rats throughout tropical regions. This parasite is neurotropic and causes disease and death in humans and other mammals. We report the first identification of P. cantonensis,
Michael S. Duffy, Christine L. Miller, J. Michael Kinsella, Alexander de Lahunta   +3 more
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