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Angiostrongylus cantonensis in urban populations of terrestrial gastropods and rats in an impoverished region of Brazil.

Parasitology, 2021
The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of neuroangiostrongyliasis (manifested as eosinophilic meningitis) in humans. Gastropod molluscs are used as intermediate hosts and rats of various species are definitive hosts of this ...
F. N. Souza, Maísa Aguiar Santos, D. A. Alves, L. C. V. D. Melo, D. Mota, A. Pertile, Ricardo Gava, P. L. Pinto, M. Eyre, C. G. Zeppelini, M. Reis, A. Ko, M. Begon, T. Bahiense, F. Costa, T. Carvalho-Pereira   +15 more
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Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis [PDF]

ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2017
Rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is one major cause of human eosinophilic meningitis. This helminth is endemic in Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands, and the Caribbean and has recently expanded to South America. The infection is characterized by an elevated eosinophil count in cerebrospinal fluid. Common symptoms and signs include headache, neck
Shan Lv, Shan Lv, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jason R. Andrews   +3 more
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Enzootic Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Rats and Snails after an Outbreak of Human Eosinophilic Meningitis, Jamaica

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
After an outbreak in 2000 of eosinophilic meningitis in tourists to Jamaica, we looked for Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats and snails on the island. Overall, 22% (24/109) of rats harbored adult worms, and 8% (4/48) of snails harbored A.
John F. Lindo, Cecilia Waugh, John Hall, Colette Cunningham-Myrie, Deanna Ashley, Mark L. Eberhard, James J. Sullivan, Henry S. Bishop, David G. Robinson, Timothy Holtz, Ralph D. Robinson   +10 more
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Phylogeography of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) in southern China and some surrounding areas. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is of increasing public health importance as the main zoonotic pathogen causing eosinophilic meningitis or meningoencephalitis, which has been documented all over the world.
Jian Peng, Zhang-Ping He, Shuai Zhang, Zhao-Rong Lun, Zhong-Dao Wu, Chia-Kwung Fan, Christopher L Brown, Po-Ching Cheng, Shih-Yi Peng, Ting-Bao Yang   +9 more
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Intermediate Hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Tenerife, Spain

PLOS ONE, 2015
The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the causative agent of human angiostrongyliasis, the main clinical manifestation of which is eosinophilic meningitis. Although this parasite has been found recently in its definitive rat host in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), showing a widespread distribution over the north-east part of the island, there ...
Martin-Alonso, Aarón, Abreu Yanes, Estefanía, Feliu José, Carlos, Mas-Coma, Santiago, Bargues, María Dolores, Valladares, Basilio, Foronda, Pilar   +6 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Gastropod-derived haemocyte extracellular traps entrap metastrongyloid larval stages of Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Phagocyte-derived extracellular traps (ETs) were recently demonstrated mainly in vertebrate hosts as an important effector mechanism against invading parasites.
Gärtner, Ulrich, Hermosilla, Carlos, Lange, Malin K., Mejer, Helena, Muñoz-Caro, Tamara, Penagos-Tabares, Felipe, Schaper, Roland, Taubert, Anja   +7 more
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Hedgehogs and Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Uncovering the Role of Atelerix albiventris in the Parasite Life Cycle

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
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.
Anna Šipková, Kristýna Javorská, Lucia Anettová, Divakaran Pandian, Petr Cibulka, Jana Kačmaříková, Ladislav Novotný, David Modrý   +7 more
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Co-Therapy of Albendazole and Dexamethasone Reduces Pathological Changes in the Cerebral Parenchyma of Th-1 and Th-2 Dominant Mice Heavily Infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Histopathological and RNA-seq Analyses

Biomolecules, 2021
Administration of albendazole alone was not very suitable for the treatment of cerebral angiostrongyliasis. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of the co-therapy of this drug and dexamethasone in Th-1 and Th-2 dominant mice infected with ...
Kai-Yuan Jhan, Chien-Ju Cheng, Shih-Ming Jung, Y. Lai, Kuang Y. Chen, Lian-Chen Wang   +5 more
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Neuroangiostrongyliasis Infection Risk Near Preschool Centres in Mallorca, Spain: A Pilot Micro‐Epidemiological Study

Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroangiostrongyliasis, caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is a globally emerging zoonosis, with Spain being the only endemic country in Europe. Human infection occurs through ingestion of gastropods or paratenic hosts carrying third‐stage larvae, often leading to eosinophilic meningoencephalitis.
Sebastià Jaume‐Ramis, Phoebe Rivory, Irene Serra Velázquez, Jan Šlapeta, Claudia Paredes‐Esquivel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source