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Mice as paratenic hosts of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Several species of nematodes included in the superfamily Metastrongyloidea are recognized agents of parasitic infections in felines. Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the most prevalent species affecting the respiratory system of domestic cats ...
Vito Colella, Martin Knaus, Olimpia Lai, Carlo Cantile, Francesca Abramo, Steffen Rehbein, Domenico Otranto   +6 more
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Angiostrongylus costaricensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea), a new lungworm occurring in man in Costa Rica

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2002
Angiostrongylus costaricensis n. sp. is described from Costa Rica where it produces lesions in the abdominal cavity of man. It can be distinguished from other species of the genus on the basis of its size, the length of the spicules, the position of the ...
Pedro Morera, Rodolfo Céspedesu
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Prevalence and Species Identification of Lungworms in Sheep and Cattle: A Postmortem Study in North Shewa, Central Highlands of Ethiopia. [PDF]

Vet Med Int
Lungworms are among the major nematode parasites causing significant impacts on livestock production, mortality and morbidity in young animals, and poor productivity in adult animals. Despite the widespread distribution of lungworms, there is little information in North Shewa in the central highlands of Ethiopia.
Engdawork A, Kumsa B.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Prevalence and Control of Lungworms of Pastoral Ruminants in Iran

Pathogens, 2022
Lungworms of the genera Dictyocaulus, Muellerius, Protostrongylus, and Cystocaulus are common helminths of domestic and wild ruminants with substantial veterinary and economic importance.
Salman Zafari, Sina Mohtasebi, Alireza Sazmand, Aliasghar Bahari, Neil D. Sargison, Guilherme G. Verocai   +5 more
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A Molecular Survey on Neglected Gurltia paralysans and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus Infections in Domestic Cats (Felis catus) from Southern Chile

Pathogens, 2021
Gurltia paralysans and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus are neglected metastrongyloid nematode species which infect domestic and wild cats in South American countries and in Chile, but no epidemiological studies on concomitant infections have been conducted in
Natasha Barrios, Marcelo Gómez, Macarena Zanelli, Lisbeth Rojas-Barón, Paulina Sepúlveda-García, Amir Alabí, Melany Adasme, Ananda Müller, Carla Rosenfeld, César González-Lagos, Anja Taubert, Carlos Hermosilla   +11 more
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Lung worm (Marsupostrongylus spp.) infection in common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Australian Veterinary Journal, Volume 101, Issue 12, Page 502-509, December 2023., 2023
Marsupostrongylus spp. are the metastrongyloid nematodes most commonly associated with verminous pneumonia in Australian marsupials. Currently, there is a scarcity of information regarding this parasite in the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).
SW Wai‐Shing, CR Sangster, D Spielman, S Hemsley   +3 more
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What do we know about Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Spain? Current knowledge and future perspectives in a globalized world

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 69, Issue 5, Page 3115-3120, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an important emerging and zoonotic nematode that has been reported worldwide since its first description in Asia 86 years ago. Among places where this parasite has been recently described, insular regions of northwest Africa seem to be particularly relevant.
Moisés Gonzálvez, Rocío Ruiz de Ybáñez   +1 more
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Serum protein profile of cats as biomarker of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus invasion

Животновъдни науки, 2023
Lung strongyloidoses in cats are caused by members of superfamily Metastrongyloidea. The most frequently encountered species Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) (Rhabditida; Angiostrongylidae) parasitises in the lung tissue of both domestic and ...
Anton S. Tonev, Lazarin V. Lazarov, Monica R. Toneva   +2 more
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Alternative pathways in Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Metastrongyloidea: Angiostrongylidae) transmission

Parasitology, 2020
In order to elucidate the infection pathways of third stage larvae (L3) of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, we performed experiments to assess: (i) the shedding of L3 from two species of experimental veronicellid slugs drowned in water and the ratio of ...
D. Modrý, Barbora Fecková, B. Putnová, S. M. Manalo, D. Otranto   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hedgehogs and Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Uncovering the Role of Atelerix albiventris in the Parasite Life Cycle. [PDF]

Integr Zool
ABSTRACT The ongoing invasion of the zoonotic parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis threatens humans, other mammals, and birds. In Mallorca, neurological disorders associated with this parasite are increasingly reported in free‐living Algerian hedgehogs, Atelerix algirus, raising public health concerns.
Šipková A, Javorská K, Anettová L, Pandian D, Cibulka P, Kačmaříková J, Novotný L, Modrý D.   +7 more
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