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Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015
Twenty-one species of Angiostrongylus plus Angiostrongylus sp. (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) are known currently in wildlife. These occur naturally in rodents, tupaiids, mephitids, mustelids, procyonids, felids, and canids, and aberrantly in a range of ...
David M. Spratt
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Troglostrongylus brevior and Troglostrongylus subcrenatus (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae) as agents of broncho-pulmonary infestation in domestic cats [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2012
Background Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is currently regarded as the main metastrongyloid infesting domestic cats, whereas the reports of Troglostrongylus spp. in domestic and wild felids largely remain anecdotic.
Brianti Emanuele, Gaglio Gabriella, Giannetto Salvatore, Annoscia Giada, Latrofa Maria, Dantas-Torres Filipe, Traversa Donato, Otranto Domenico   +7 more
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Right Testicular Artery Occlusion and Acute Appendicitis by Angiostrongylus costaricensis

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, Roberto Antonio Martínez-Quiroz, Héctor S. Antúnez, Humberto Cabrera-Interiano, Fernando Josué Barrientos-Melara   +4 more
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Parasitism of terrestrial gastropods by medically-important nematodes in Brazil [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
An ample variety of parasitic associations are found between mollusks and nematodes, in which the mollusks may act as intermediate, paratenic or definitive hosts.
Silvana C. Thiengo, Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Guilherme M. Silva, Guilherme M. Silva, Monica A. Fernandez, Elizangela F. Silva, Elizangela F. Silva, Arielly K. P. Sousa, Paulo S. Rodrigues, Paulo S. Rodrigues, Aline C. Mattos, Ruam A. F. Costa, Suzete R. Gomes   +14 more
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First record of natural infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Belocaulus willibaldoi and Rattus norvegicus in an urban area of São Paulo city, SP, Brazil

Heliyon, 2020
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a rat lungworm, is one of the leading causes of eosinophilic meningitis in humans. Infection in humans occurs by the ingestion of intermediate hosts, undercooked paratenic hosts or contaminated vegetables and fruits by mucus ...
Dan Jessé Gonçalves da Mota, Leyva Cecilia Vieira de Melo, Vera Lúcia Pereira-Chioccola, Ricardo Gava, Pedro Luiz Silva Pinto   +4 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common aetiological agent of human eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. Following a report indicating the presence of this parasite in Brazil in 2007, the present study was undertaken to investigate the presence of A.
Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte, Cristiane Lafeta Furtado de Mendonça, Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos, Roberta Lima Caldeira   +4 more
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The Zoonotic Angiostrongylus cantonensis and the Veterinary Parasite Aelurostrongylus abstrusus Infecting Terrestrial Gastropods from Urban Areas of Macapá, Brazilian Amazon Region [PDF]

Pathogens
Metastrongyloidea includes nematodes that parasitize mammals, mainly infecting their respiratory and cardiovascular systems, and are responsible for emerging zoonosis in the world.
Tatiane Alves Barbosa, Silvana Carvalho Thiengo, Monica Ammon Fernandez, Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Suzete Rodrigues Gomes   +4 more
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First records of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Northeastern Brazil, including new global records of natural intermediate hosts

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2018
Human neural angiostrongyliasis is an emerging infectious disease caused by nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The present study investigated the presence of Angiostrongylus spp.
Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Silvana Carvalho Thiengo, Monica Ammon Fernandez, Suzete Rodrigues Gomes, Jéssica Corrêa Antônio, Marianna de Carvalho Clímaco, Juberlan Silva Garcia, Arnaldo Maldonado-Junior, Luciene Barbosa, Silvio Santana Dolabella   +9 more
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Molecular diagnosis of eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) by polymerase chain reaction-DNA sequencing of cerebrospinal fluids of patients

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from clinically diagnosed patients with detectable Angiostrongylus canto-nensis-specific antibodies (n = 10), patients with clinically suspected cases that tested negative for A.
Praphathip Eamsobhana, Darawan Wanachiwanawin, Naowarat Dechkum, Anchana Parsartvit, Hoi Sen Yong   +4 more
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First report of Angiostrongylus vasorum in an African golden wolf (Canis lupaster) in Algeria [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Angiostrongylus vasorum, commonly known as the “French heartworm,” is a nematode belonging to the Metastrongyloidea superfamily. This parasite was first identified in Toulouse, France in 1853 infecting the pulmonary arteries and the right side
Noureddine Mechouck, Georgiana Deak, Angela Monica Ionică, Corina Toma, Andrada Gabriela Negoescu, Marian Taulescu, Zihad Bouslama, Andrei Daniel Mihalca   +7 more
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