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Parasites or Cohabitants: Cruel Omnipresent Usurpers or Creative “Éminences Grises”?

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
This paper presents many types of interplays between parasites and the host, showing the history of parasites, the effects of parasites on the outcome of wars, invasions, migrations, and on the development of numerous regions of the globe, and the impact of parasitic diseases on the society and on the course of human evolution.
Marcos A. Vannier-Santos, Henrique L. Lenzi, Bernard Marchand   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Standardization of a multiplex real-time PCR test for the identification of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, A. costaricensis and A. vasorum

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2018
Introduction: Angiostrongyliasis is a disease caused by Angiostrongylus nematodes that is present worldwide. The infections with the highest impact on human and animal health are caused by A. cantonensis, A. costaricensis, and A. vasorum.
Rubén E. Varela-M, Jinney Stefany Arias, Luz Elena Velásquez   +2 more
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Terrestrial Slugs in Neotropical Agroecosystems

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Slugs can be important agricultural pests in tropical regions. They are also intermediate hosts of parasitic nematodes, such as Angiostrongylus costaricensis and A.
Mariangie Ramos, Suzete Rodrigues Gomes, Yashira Gutierrez, Olgaly Ramos-Rodriguez, Mariella Carmadelli Uzeda   +4 more
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Evidences against a significant role of Mus musculus as natural host for Angiostrongylus costaricensis Evidências contrárias a um papel significativo de Mus musculus como hospedeiro natural do Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1996
Wild rodents have been described as the most important hosts for Angiostrongylus costaricensis in Central America and southern Brazil. Sinantropic rodents apparently do not play a significant role as natural hosts.
Fernanda Teixeira dos Santos, Viviane M. Pinto, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira   +2 more
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Comprehensive proteomic profiling of adult Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a human parasitic nematode [PDF]

Journal of Proteomics, 2011
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode helminth that causes an intestinal acute inflammatory process known as abdominal angiostrongyliasis, which is a poorly understood human disease occurring in Latin America. Our aim was to study the proteomic profiles of adult parasites focusing on immunogenic proteins. Total cellular extracts from both genders
Karina M, Rebello, Juliana S L, Barros, Ester M, Mota, Paulo C, Carvalho, Jonas, Perales, Henrique L, Lenzi, Ana G C, Neves-Ferreira   +6 more
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Pet and Stray Dogs’ Contribution to Zoonotic Transmission Pathways: A Bibliometric Review

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Based on a large‐scale bibliometric dataset, domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) emerge as the most frequently cited host species in the context of zoonoses, being mentioned in at least 10% of publications for nearly a quarter of the pathogens recognized as zoonotic to humans.
Thibaut Langlois, Sylvie Hurtrez-Boussès, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky, Zhong Peng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Angiostrongiliasis abdominal con lesión hepática histopatológicamente confirmada [PDF]

, 2011
La enfermedad conocida como angiostrongiliasis abdominal humana es una zoonosis causada por la ingestión del estadio larval L3 de Angiostrongylus costaricensis.
Arce, Isabel, Bonilla, Raúl, Hernández, Cristian, Jiménez, Ernesto, Jiménez, Yendry, Quirós, José Luis   +5 more
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Primeiro registro de Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Achatinidae) para o estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil [PDF]

, 2022
Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822, is here officially recorded for the first time for Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. It is now known to occur in every Brazilian state. The species is on the list of the 100 worst invasive species in the world.
Arruda, Janine Oliveira, Santos, Lúcio
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Local terrestrial snails as natural intermediate hosts of the zoonotic parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the new European endemic area of Valencia, Spain

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 71, Issue 4, Page 451-456, June 2024.
Abstract Aim The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, has recently been found in the city of Valencia, parasitizing rats, Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus, its natural definitive hosts. This is the first finding of this zoonotic nematode in continental Europe.
Màrius V. Fuentes, Mercedes Gomez‐Samblas, Orly Richter, Sandra Sáez‐Durán, Rubén Bueno‐Marí, Antonio Osuna, María Teresa Galán‐Puchades   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Worms, slugs and humans: the medical and popular construction of an emerging infectious disease Vermes, caramujos e humanos: as construções médica e popular de uma doença infecciosa emergente

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2011
The identification of the worm Angiostrongylus costaricensis parasitizing land snails and humans in Southern Brazil suggests under-diagnosis and under-notification of patients with abdominal angiostrongyliasis.
Márcia Grisotti, Fernando Dias de Avila-Pires   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source