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The genetic variation of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the People’s Republic of China

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017
Background The People’s Republic of China (P.R. China) is the presumptive home range of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a major aetiological agent of human eosinophilic meningitis.
Shan Lv, Yi Zhang, Peter Steinmann, Jürg Utzinger, Xiao-Nong Zhou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insights into embryo defenses of the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata: egg mass ingestion affects rat intestine morphology and growth. [PDF]

, 2014
The spread of the invasive snail Pomacea canaliculata is expanding the rat lungworm disease beyond its native range. Their toxic eggs have virtually no predators and unusual defenses including a neurotoxic lectin and a proteinase inhibitor, presumably ...
Heras, Horacio, Gimeno, Eduardo Juan, Marcos S Dreon, Patricia E Fernández, Dreon, Marcos Sebastian, Horacio Heras, Fernández, Patricia Elena, Eduardo J Gimeno   +7 more
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Transmammary transmission of Troglostrongylus brevior feline lungworm: a lesson from our gardens

, 2020
Feline lungworms such as Aerulostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior are snail-borne pathogens causing respiratory disease in domestic cats.
Baneth, Gad, Abramo F., Abramo, Francesca, Brianti E., Mendoza-Roldan, Jairo Alfonso, Mendonza-Roldan J. A., Otranto D., Salant H., Tarallo, Viviana Domenica, Tarallo V. D., Baneth G., Bezerra-Santos, Marcos Antônio, Lia, Riccardo Paolo, Salant, Harold, Lia R. P., Bezerra-Santos M. A., Brianti, Emanuele, Otranto, Domenico   +17 more
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Predictive Approach to Mapping Angiostrongylus cantonensis Nematode Distribution, Canary Islands, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The invasive nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) can cause eosinophilic meningitis in humans. Once restricted to Southeast Asia, A. cantonensis nematodes are now widespread across the tropics and have been reported in Europe.
Lucia Anettová, Jan Divíšek, Radovan Coufal, Anna Šipková, Jana Kačmaříková, Michal Horsák, Vojtech Baláž, Elena Izquierdo-Rodriguez, Barbora Červená, Pilar Foronda, David Modrý   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The mitochondrial genome of Angiostrongylus mackerrasae is distinct from A. cantonensis and A. malaysiensis

, 2020
The native rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus mackerrasae) and the invasive rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) occur in eastern Australia. The species identity of A.
Spratt, David M., Šlapeta, Jan, Valentyne, Hayley, Aghazadeh, Mahdis, Jones, Malcolm K.   +4 more
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2025 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Volume 39, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
wiley   +1 more source

The Gut Microbiome of the Snails Lissachatina fulica and Parmarion martensi, Infected and Uninfected by the Rat Lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis

, 2020
This project focused on a parasite, the rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), and its intermediate snail hosts (rats are the definitive hosts in which the worms reproduce). This parasite is important because it is the main etiological agent causing
Uemura, Leina
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Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior Infections in Native Terrestrial Gastropods from the Canary Islands

, 2021
The presence of zoonotic relevant Angiostrongylus cantonensis infections has recently been reported in rat final hosts and gastropod intermediate hosts in Tenerife, Spain. However, actual data on A.
Cardona Paz, Alejandro
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Post-Acute Care Management of Patients with Angiostrongyliasis: A Guideline in Caring for Patients Who Suffer Long Term Sequelae of Rat Lungworm Disease

, 2020
Angiostrongyliasis, also known as rat lungworm disease (RLWD), is a parasitic infection caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Anecdotal experience in Hawaii has shown that many patients diagnosed with RLWD develop chronic neurological ...
Otsuka, Chayata
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Eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a Belgian traveller

, 2008
Eosinophilic meningitis is a rare clinical entity. The most frequent cause in travellers to the tropics is infection with the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
Van Gompel, A., Ali, A. B., Van Esbroeck, M., Van den Enden, E.   +3 more
core   +1 more source