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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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First report of a naturally patent infection of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a dog [PDF]

, 2015
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is the zoonotic agent of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in several countries in North and South America. Rodents are recognized as the main definitive hosts of A.
Alfaro Alarcón, A, Annoscia, G, Cerrone, A, Chinchilla, A, Colella, V, Dantas Torres, F, Galiero, G, Gutierrez, N, Otranto, D, Santoro, M., VENEZIANO, VINCENZO   +10 more
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Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885) (Mollusca, Soleolifera) de Belo Horizonte (MG, Brazil) como hospedeira intermediária potencial do Angiostrongylus costaricencis Morera & Céspedes, 1971 Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885) (Mollusca, Soleolifera) from Belo Horizonte (MG, Brazil) as a potential intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Céspedes, 1971

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1992
Espécimes de Sarasinula marginata foram coletadas em hortas e jardins residenciais de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. A suscetibilidade desta espécie de lesma ao Angiostrongylus costaricensis foi verificada em laboratório, utilizando-se 15 exemplares da ...
Lais Clark Lima, Cristiano Lara Massara, Cecília Pereira de Souza, Liana K. Jannotti-Passos, Henrique Leonel Lenzi   +4 more
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Distribution of Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774) (Pulmonata Stylommatophora) in Argentina with first record of the Reserva de Usos Múltiples Isla Martin Garcia, Río de la Plata superior [PDF]

, 2009
Deroceras reticulatum is a misanthropic European species spread widely throughout South America. At the moment this species is considered a ‘pest’ in direct sowing such as maize, soybean, sunflower, wheat, alfalfa and clovers, among others.
César, Inés Irma, Liberto, R., Martín, Stella Maris   +2 more
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Natural infection of Deroceras laeve (Mollusca: gastropoda) with metastrongylid larvae in a transmission focus of abdominal angiostrongyliasis Infecção natural de Deroceras laeve com larvas de metastrongilídeos em um foco de transmissão da angiostrongilíase abdominal

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2002
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode parasitic of rodents. Man may become infected by ingestion of the third stage larvae produced within the intermediate hosts, usually slugs from the family Veronicellidae. An epidemiological study carried out in
Rafael Lucyk MAURER, Carlos GRAEFF-TEIXEIRA, José Willibaldo THOMÉ, Luís Antônio CHIARADIA, Hiroko SUGAYA, Kentaro YOSHIMURA   +5 more
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On the diversity of mollusc intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera & Cespedes, 1971 in southern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1993
Veronicellid slugs are considered the most important intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, an intra-arterial nematode of rodents. Studies undertaken in three localities in southern Brazil led to identification of molluscs other than ...
Carlos Graeff Teixeira, Silvana C. Thiengo, José Willibaldo Thome, Aline Bueno Medeiros, Lea Camillo-Coura, Aventino A. Agostini   +5 more
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Gastropod-Borne Helminths: A Look at the Snail-Parasite Interplay. [PDF]

, 2015
More than 300 million people suffer from a range of diseases caused by gastropod-borne helminths, predominantly flatworms and roundworms, whose life cycles are characterized by a diversified ecology and epidemiology. Despite the plethora of data on these
Cantacessi, Cinzia, Colella, Vito, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Giannelli, Alessio, Otranto, Domenico   +4 more
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Susceptibility and morbidity between male and female Swiss mice infected with Angiostrongylus costaricensis: Susceptibilidade e morbidade entre camundongos Swiss machos e fêmeas infectados com Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2010
The gender of vertebrate hosts may affect the outcome of parasitic infections. An experimental murine infection with Angiostrongylus costaricensis was followed with determinations of body weight, fecal larval elimination, number and length of adult worms,
Márcia B. Mentz, Eliane Dallegrave, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira   +2 more
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Ocorrência de Sarasinula marginata (Mollusca: Soleolifera) em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil Occurrence of Sarasinula marginata (Mollusca: Soleolifera) in Belo Horiozonte, MG, Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1989
The occurrence of Sarasinula marginata, a possible intermediate host of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, in the city of Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, is reported on.
Lais Clark Lima, Cecília Pereira de Souza   +1 more
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Hurdles in the evolutionary epidemiology of Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Pseudogenes, incongruence between taxonomy and DNA sequence variants, and cryptic lineages [PDF]

, 2018
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is a zoonotic pathogen that is one of the leading causes of eosinophilic meningitis worldwide. This parasite is regarded as an emerging pathogen with a global range expansion out of southeastern Asia post ...
Criscione, Charles D., Dusitsittipon, Sirilak, Komalamisra, Chalit, Morand, Serge, Thaenkham, Urisa   +4 more
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