Right Testicular Artery Occlusion and Acute Appendicitis by Angiostrongylus costaricensis [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2019 Introduction. Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode from the superfamily Metastrongyloidea, whose etymology is “roundworm that lives in blood vessels”.
Luis Enrique Sánchez-Sierra +4 more
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis in the Americas: fifty years since the discovery of a new metastrongylid species, Angiostrongylus costaricensis [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a zoonotic parasitic nematode described for the first time in 1971 by Pedro Morera and Rodolfo Céspedes in Costa Rica. This parasite causes an infection known as abdominal angiostrongyliasis, affecting mainly school-aged ...
Alicia Rojas +8 more
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A practical guide for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Abdominal angiostrongyliasis (AA) is a severe parasitic infection caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis. This disease is characterized by abdominal pain, a strong inflammatory eosinophilic response in the blood and tissues, and eventually ...
Rubens Rodriguez +4 more
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Case report: First documented case of cerebral angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a free-ranging opossum [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceAngiostrongylus costaricensis is a metastrongyloid nematode that primarily infects the mesenteric arteries of wild rodents. This parasite is endemic in several regions of the American continent, and in humans, causes a disease known as abdominal ...
Tamara Solorzano-Scott +8 more
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Identification of Novel Genes and Proteoforms in Angiostrongylus costaricensis through a Proteogenomic Approach [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) and mass-spectrometry-based proteomics data are often integrated in proteogenomic studies to assist in the prediction of eukaryote genome features, such as genes, splicing, single-nucleotide (SNVs), and single-amino-acid variants
Esdras Matheus Gomes da Silva +8 more
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Angiostrongyliasis: A Changing Scenario? [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by larvae of the genus Angiostrongylus, with Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Angiostrongylus costaricensis being the two main species causing diseases in humans [...]
Fabrizio Bruschi
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Angiostrongylus costaricensis infection in Martinique, Lesser Antilles, from 2000 to 2017 [PDF]
Parasite, 2018 Human abdominal angiostrongyliasis (HAA) is a parasitic disease caused by the accidental ingestion of the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis in its larval form.
C. Dard +7 more
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Activity profiling of peptidases in Angiostrongylus costaricensis first-stage larvae and adult worms [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2018 Background Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a relatively uncharacterized nematode that causes abdominal angiostrongyliasis in Latin America, a human parasitic disease.
K. M. Rebello +4 more
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Mitochondrial Genome Supports Sibling Species of Angiostrongylus costaricensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a zoonotic parasitic nematode that causes abdominal or intestinal angiostrongyliasis in humans. It is endemic to the Americas.
H. Yong +7 more
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Characterisation of the vascular pathology in Sigmodon hispidus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) following experimental infection with Angiostrongylus costaricensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) [PDF]
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2017 BACKGROUND Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode that causes human abdominal angiostrongyliasis, a disease found mainly in Latin American countries and particularly in Brazil and Costa Rica. Its life cycle involves exploitation of both invertebrate
Danielle Ingrid Bezerra de Vasconcelos +2 more
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