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Human infection by Angiostrongylus costaricensis in Venezuela: first report of a confirmed case Infección humana por Angiostrongylus costaricensis en Venezuela: primer reporte de un caso confirmado [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2007
A proven case of human infection caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis is reported for the first time in Venezuela. The patient was a 57-year-old female surgically operated because of signs of peritonitis with a palpable mass at the lower right ...
Renzo Nino Incani, Eduardo Caleiras, Milena Martín, Carlos González   +3 more
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis: report of two cases with different clinical presentations Angiostrongilíase abdominal: relato de dois casos com diferentes apresentações clínicas [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2008
Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a sporadic infectious disease caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis. It usually presents as acute abdomen, secondary to mesenteric ischemia, and pronounced eosinophilia. In some cases its course is insidious
Rubens Rodriguez, Roberta Martins Dequi, Lucas Peruzzo, Paulo Moacir Mesquita, Errol Garcia, Fernando Fornari   +5 more
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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 nematodeAngiostrongylus costaricensisin its larval form. Human infection can lead to severe ischemic and inflammatory intestinal lesions, sometimes complicated by life-threatening ileal perforations.
Dard C, Nguyen D, Miossec C, de Meuron K, Harrois D, Epelboin L, Cabié A, Desbois-Nogard N.   +7 more
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis can be diagnosed with a immunochromatographic rapid test with recombinant galactin from Angiostrongylus cantonensis [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is the causative agent of abdominal angiostrongyliasis, a zoonotic infection that may produce severe eosinophilic enterocolitis or hepatitis in humans.
Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Vanessa Fey Pascoal, Rubens Rodriguez, Alessandra Loureiro Morassutti, Pewpan M Intapan, Wanchai Maleewong   +5 more
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dogs may be a reservoir host for Angiostrongylus costaricensis [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2002
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a parasitic nematode of wild rodents. Several other vertebrate species including man may become infected by ingestion of the third stage larvae produced by the intermediate hosts, usually slugs from the family ...
Rubens RODRIGUEZ, Aventino A. AGOSTINI, Sérgio Machado PORTO, Augusto José Oliveira OLIVAES, Susana L. BRANCO, Júlia Pasquali GENRO, Antonio Carlo LAITANO, Rafael Lucyk MAURER, Carlos GRAEFF-TEIXEIRA   +8 more
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Phillocaulis variegatus: an intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in south Brazil Phyllocaulis variegatus: hospedeiro intermediário do Angiostrongylus costaricensis no sul do Brasil [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1989
Molluscs collected in five localities in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) were digested and examined. The infected slugs were identified as Phyllocaulis variegatus and the larvae found were inoculated per os into mice.
C. Graeff Teixeira, J. W. Thomé, S. C. C. Pinto, L. Camillo-Coura, H. L. Lenzi   +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 Science
Angiostrongylus 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, Tamara Solorzano-Scott, Fernando Aguilar-Vargas, Fernando Aguilar-Vargas, Martha Cordero-Salas, Amanda Conejo, Alicia Rojas, Alicia Rojas, Mario Baldi   +8 more
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Gastropods as intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus spp. in the Americas: bioecological characteristics and geographical distribution. [PDF]

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2020
BACKGROUND Intermediate hosts are key organisms in maintaining parasite life cycles, because they can act as amplifiers in the transmission from natural reservoirs to humans.
Valente R, Robles MDR, Diaz JI.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis by PCR from sera of patients [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2003
Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic infection caused by an intra-vascular nematode parasitic of wild rodents, Angiostrongylus costaricensis.
Silva Ana Cristina Arámburu da, Graeff-Teixeira Carlos, Zaha Arnaldo   +2 more
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The effect of temperature on mobility of Angiostrongylus costaricensis third stage larvae [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1999
Third stage larvae (L3) from Angiostrongylus costaricensis were incubated in water at room temperature and at 5 <FONT FACE="Symbol">°</font> C and their mobility was assessed daily for 17 days. Viability was associated with the mobility and position of the L3, and it was confirmed by inoculation per os in albino mice. The number of actively
Carlos GRAEFF-TEIXEIRA, GRAEFF-TEIXEIRA C., HORI E., Lúcia M.Z. RICHINITTI, MORERA P., MORERA P., MORERA P., Nivaldo A. FONSECA, OLIVEIRA-BONETTI V.C.B.D., RAMBO P.R., RICHINITTI L.M.Z.   +10 more
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