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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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Gurltia paralysans: A Neglected Angio-Neurotropic Parasite of Domestic Cats (Felis catus) and Free-Ranging Wild Felids (Leopardus spp.) in South America

Pathogens, 2022
Gurltia paralysans is a neglected and re-emerging metastrongyloid angio-neurotropic nematode causing severe chronic meningomyelitis in domestic cats (Felis catus) as well as in free-ranging small wild felids such as kodkods (Leopardus guigna), margays ...
Lisbeth Rojas-Barón, Anja Taubert, Carlos Hermosilla, Marcelo Gómez, Manuel Moroni, Pamela Muñoz   +5 more
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The biogeography of the caribou lungworm, Varestrongylus eleguneniensis (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae) across northern North America

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020
Varestrongylus eleguneniensis (Nematoda; Protostrongylidae) is a recently described species of lungworm that infects caribou (Rangifer tarandus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and moose (Alces americanus) across northern North America.
Guilherme G. Verocai, Eric P. Hoberg, Manon Simard, Kimberlee B. Beckmen, Marco Musiani, Sam Wasser, Christine Cuyler, Micheline Manseau, Umer N. Chaudhry, Cyntia K. Kashivakura, John S. Gilleard, Susan J. Kutz   +11 more
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The current situation of Angiostrongylus vasorum in Romania: a national questionnaire-based survey

BMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background Angiostrongylus vasorum (Nematoda, Metastrongyloidea) is a vascular nematode that resides in the pulmonary arteries and the right side of the heart of a wide variety of carnivores, with an indirect life cycle using coprophagic gastropods as ...
Georgiana Deak, Eduardo Berriatua, Andrei Daniel Mihalca   +2 more
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The mitochondrial genome of Angiostrongylus mackerrasae as a basis for molecular, epidemiological and population genetic studies

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Angiostrongylus mackerrasae is a metastrongyloid nematode endemic to Australia, where it infects the native bush rat, Rattus fuscipes. This lungworm has an identical life cycle to that of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a leading cause of ...
Mahdis Aghazadeh, Rebecca J. Traub, Namitha Mohandas, Kieran V. Aland, Simon A. Reid, James S. McCarthy, Malcolm K. Jones   +6 more
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Natural infection of the feline lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in the invasive snail Achatina fulica from Argentina [PDF]

, 2017
The giant African snail Achatina fulica is an invasive mollusk native to Africa, the first record in Argentina was in Puerto Iguazú, in northeastern Argentina in 2010. Recently it was reported in Corrientes Province. This snail can act as an intermediate
Valente, Romina, Navone, Graciela Teresa, Diaz, Julia Inés, Salomón, Oscar Daniel, Valentea, Romina   +4 more
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Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Crenosoma vulpis and Troglostrongylus brevior Infections in Native Slug Populations of Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany

Pathogens, 2022
Angiostrongylus vasorum, Crenosoma vulpis, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior can cause severe cardiovascular and pulmonary symptoms in companion animals and wildlife.
Lisa Segeritz, Katharina Mareike Westhoff, Roland Schaper, Carlos Hermosilla, Anja Taubert   +4 more
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Hedgehogs and Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Uncovering the Role of Atelerix albiventris in the Parasite Life Cycle

Integrative Zoology, Volume 21, Issue 1, Page 104-115, January 2026.
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.
Anna Šipková, Kristýna Javorská, Lucia Anettová, Divakaran Pandian, Petr Cibulka, Jana Kačmaříková, Ladislav Novotný, David Modrý   +7 more
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n. sp. (Nematoda : Metastrongyloidea) des poumons de [PDF]

, 2017
Description de Paracrenosoma kontrimavichusi n. sp. parasite des poumons de Crocidura leucodon Hermann, 1780 et de Crocidura suaveolens Pallas, 1811 en Bulgarie et différenciation des autres espèces du même ...
T. Guenov
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Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus: Neglected and underestimated parasites in South America

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
The gastropod-borne nematodes Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus are global causes of cardio/pulmonary diseases in dogs and cats. In the last decade, the number of reports on canine and feline lungworms has increased in several areas ...
Felipe Penagos-Tabares, Malin K. Lange, Jenny J. Chaparro-Gutiérrez, Anja Taubert, Carlos Hermosilla   +4 more
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