Helminth diversity and seasonality of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in hedgehogs from Mallorca [PDF]
ParasiteSentinel surveillance plays a critical role in monitoring pathogen circulation, assessing potential threats for species conservation, and evaluating the risk of spillover to human populations.
Delgado-Serra Sofia +5 more
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Insights into the biology of the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsAngiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasitic nematode with a complex life cycle involving rats as definitive hosts and gastropods as intermediate hosts. The parasite can infect other organisms, including humans, in which it causes neuroangiostrongyliasis ...
Chasen D. Griffin +2 more
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Albendazole–doxycycline combination therapy alleviates MRI- and pathology-evident neuroinflammation and restores IL-33/GFAP balance in mouse neuroangiostrongyliasis [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) infection causes neuroangiostrongyliasis, a parasitic disease characterized by eosinophilic meningitis and meningoencephalitis.
Kai-Yuan Jhan +9 more
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Benzaldehyde stimulates autophagy via the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway in mouse brain astrocytes after treatment with Angiostrongylus cantonensis excretory-secretory products [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug ResistanceAutophagy is a vital cellular process responsible for digesting various cytoplasmic organelles. This process plays a crucial role in maintaining cell survival and homeostasis, especially under conditions that cause nutrient deficiency, cellular damage ...
Kuang-Yao Chen +8 more
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The recent introduction of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and its intermediate host Achatina fulica into Guadeloupe detected by phylogenetic analyses [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) is the main pathogen responsible for eosinophilic meningitis in humans. One of its intermediate snail hosts, Achatina fulica, was already present in many countries around the world before it appeared ...
Gelixa Gamiette +4 more
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Case report: First documented case of cerebral angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a free-ranging opossum [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceAngiostrongylus costaricensis is a metastrongyloid nematode that primarily infects the mesenteric arteries of wild rodents. This parasite is endemic in several regions of the American continent, and in humans, causes a disease known as abdominal ...
Tamara Solorzano-Scott +8 more
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Rapid Single-Step Immunochromatographic Assay for Angiostrongylus cantonensis Specific Antigen Detection [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the major etiological nematode parasite causing eosinophilic meningitis and/or eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans.
Praphathip Eamsobhana +4 more
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Snail coprophagy: the encounter filter, food preferences, and rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) prevalence [PDF]
ParasiteUnderstanding the factors driving infection prevalence among host species is crucial for effective disease mitigation. Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, causes neuroangiostrongyliasis and serves as an excellent model for studying infection ...
Rollins Randi L. +2 more
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First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017
Parasite, 2020 Neuroangiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by the accidental ingestion of the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in its larval form.
Dard Céline +9 more
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Parasite Fauna and Coinfections in Urban Rats Naturally Infected by the Zoonotic Parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 When the zoonotic parasite of rodents that can cause human neuroangiostrongyliasis, i.e., Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is found in its natural definitive hosts, it is usually reported in isolation, as if the rat lungworm were the only component of its ...
María Teresa Galán-Puchades +8 more
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