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Parasite Fauna and Coinfections in Urban Rats Naturally Infected by the Zoonotic Parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Pathogens, 2023
When the zoonotic parasite of rodents that can cause human neuroangiostrongyliasis, i.e., Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is found in its natural definitive hosts, it is usually reported in isolation, as if the rat lungworm were the only component of its ...
M. Galán-Puchades, Carla Gosálvez, M. Trelis, M. Gómez-Samblás, J. Solano-Parada, A. Osuna, S. Sáez-Durán, Rubén Bueno-Marí, M. V. Fuentes   +8 more
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Data on New Intermediate and Accidental Hosts Naturally Infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis in La Gomera and Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

Animals, 2023
Simple Summary The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is the world’s leading cause of eosinophilic meningitis in humans. It is an emerging zoonotic parasite endemic to Asia and the Pacific Islands that has spread to all continents except ...
N. Martín-Carrillo, Edgar Baz-González, Katherine García-Livia, Virginia Amaro-Ramos, N. Abreu-Acosta, J. Miquel, Estefanía Abreu-Yanes, R. Pino-Vera, C. Feliu, P. Foronda   +9 more
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Paratenic hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and their relation to human neuroangiostrongyliasis globally

One Health, 2022
The nematode parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) has a complex life cycle involving rats (definitive hosts) and gastropods (intermediate hosts), as well as various paratenic hosts.
Helena C. Turck, M. T. Fox, R. Cowie
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Newly developed SYBR Green-based quantitative real-time PCRs revealed coinfection evidence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and A. malaysiensis in Achatina fulica existing in Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand

Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2021
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a well-known pathogen causing eosinophilic meningitis associated with angiostrongyliasis. Humans, as accidental hosts, are infected by consuming undercooked snails containing third-stage larvae. A.
Wallop Jakkul, Kittipong Chaisiri, Naowarat Saralamba, Yanin Limpanont, Sirilak Dusitsittipon, Vachirapong Charoennitiwat, Abigail Hui En Chan, Urusa Thaenkham   +7 more
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Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) active larval emergence from deceased bubble pond snails (Bullastra lessoni) into water

Parasitology, 2023
Abstract Angiostrongylus cantonensis (the rat lungworm) is a zoonotic parasite of non-permissive accidental (dogs, humans, horses, marsupials, birds) hosts. The 3rd stage larvae (L3s) in the intermediate host (molluscs) act as the source of infection for
Phoebe Rivory, Rogan Lee, J. Šlapeta
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Angiostrongyliasis detected by next-generation sequencing in a ELISA-negative eosinophilic meningitis: A case report

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is an emerging method with the potential of pan-pathogen screening. This study described a case of eosinophilic meningitis (EoM) with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-negative results for Angiostrongylus ...
Yueli Zou, Hongzhi Guan, Honglong Wu, Hui Bu, Litian Yan, Yifei Zhu, Junying He   +6 more
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CEBPα/miR-101b-3p promotes meningoencephalitis in mice infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis by promoting microglial pyroptosis

Cell Communication and Signaling, 2023
Background Angiostrongylus cantonensis ( A. cantonensis ) infection can induce acute inflammation, which causes meningoencephalitis and tissue mechanical injury to the brain.
Xingda Zeng, Jia Shen, Dinghao Li, Shurui Liu, Ying Feng, Dongjuan Yuan, Lifu Wang, Zhongdao Wu   +7 more
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Achatina fulica infected by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Manaus, brazilian amazon region, and the risk of transmission of eosinophilic meningitis

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 ...
Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Suzete Rodrigues Gomes, Aline Carvalho de Mattos, Arielly Kelly Porfírio de Sousa, Elizangela Feitosa da Silva, A. Maldonado-Junior, Silvana Carvalho Thiengo   +6 more
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The protective effects of benzaldehyde combined with albendazole against brain injury induced by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in mice.

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2023
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which is also known as rat lungworm, is an important food-borne zoonotic parasite that causes severe neuropathological damage and symptoms, including eosinophilic meningitis and eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, in humans. At
Kuang-Yao Chen, Chien-Ju Cheng, Yi-ju Chen, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Lian-Chen Wang   +4 more
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The Prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis/mackerrasae Complex in Molluscs from the Sydney Region.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus mackerrasae are metastrongyloid nematodes that infect various rat species. Terrestrial and aquatic molluscs are intermediate hosts of these worms while humans and dogs are accidental hosts.
Douglas Chan, Joel Barratt, Tamalee Roberts, Rogan Lee, Michael Shea, Deborah Marriott, John Harkness, Richard Malik, Malcolm Jones, Mahdis Aghazadeh, John Ellis, Damien Stark   +11 more
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