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Xenotransplantation, Volume 30, Issue 5, September/October 2023., 2023 Abstract Xenotransplantation has the potential to address shortages of organs available for clinical transplantation, but concerns exist regarding potential risks posed by porcine microorganisms and parasites (MP) to the health of human recipients. In this study, a risk‐based framework was developed, and expert opinion was elicited to evaluate porcine ...
Huybert Groenendaal +14 more
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A global review of problematic and pathogenic parasites of farmed tilapia
Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 15, Issue S1, Page 92-153, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Over the past 80 years, tilapia have been translocated globally for aquaculture; active production is recorded in >124 countries. Of 7 million tonnes of tilapia produced in aquaculture, 79% is from 79 countries outside the natural range of tilapia.
Andrew P. Shinn +15 more
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Case Reports in Radiology, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis (B. procyonis) may infect humans to cause severe or fatal meningoencephalitis, as well as ocular and visceral larva migrans. Young children are at greater risk for cerebral larva migrans with severe meningoencephalitis, and early empiric therapy may improve outcomes.
Adam E. Goldman-Yassen +4 more
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Autochthonous Gnathostomiasis in Madagascar
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 We used molecular tools to identify an autochthonous case of gnathostomiasis in Madagascar. This severe ocular infection, caused by Gnathostoma spinigerum nematodes, led to vision loss in the patient’s left eye.
Annie Raharisoa +6 more
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Diagnostics, 2021 Human gnathostomiasis is a harmful food-borne zoonosis caused by roundworms of the genus Gnathostoma. The parasite can occasionally migrate to the central nervous system, causing life-threatening disease and death.
Penchom Janwan +9 more
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Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 Infection with Gnathostoma spinigerum has been generally confined to Southeast Asia and Central and South America. However, gnathostomiasis was recently found in British tourists who had visited Botswana.
Joanna S. Herman +5 more
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Systematics of the genus Gnathostoma (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) in the Americas
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011 To date, more than 20 species of the genus Gnathostoma have been described as parasites of mammals, 9 of them in the Americas. However, the taxonomic status of some of these species has been questioned.
Florencia Bertoni-Ruiz +4 more
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Altered mental status in “Guillain‐Barré syndrome” –a noteworthy clinical clue
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 7, Issue 12, Page 2489-2507, December 2020., 2020 Abstract Guillain‐Barré syndrome (GBS) is widely regarded as a “pure” peripheral nervous system disorder. However, this simplistic interpretation belies the fact that central nervous system involvement, often manifesting as derangements in mental status can occur as a complication of the “pure” form of the disorder, as part of GBS variants, as well as ...
Eoin Mulroy, Neil E. Anderson
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Gnathostomiasis: An Emerging Imported Disease
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 As the scope of international travel expands, an increasing number of travelers are coming into contact with helminthic parasites rarely seen outside the tropics.
David A.J. Moore +3 more
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Parasite, 2004 Gnathostoma spinigerum is the major causative agent of human gnathostomiasis, a parasitic zoonosis with a great variety of clinical manifestations. Generally, humans are infected by consumption of third-stage larvae (L3) of G.
Wiwanitkit V.
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