Pathogens and policy – wildlife management lessons from disease ecology
Wildlife Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 5, September 2025.
Ilse Storch +3 more
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A Review of Rat Lungworm Infection and Recent Data on Its Definitive Hosts in Hawaii [PDF]
, 2018 Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) is a zoonotic nematode that causes rat lungworm disease (angiostrongyliasis), a potentially debilitating form of meningitis, in humans worldwide.
Jarvi, Susan I +2 more
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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 +4 more
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A survey of Angiostrongylus species in definitive hosts in Queensland
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015 Despite the recent sporadic reports of angiostrongyliasis in humans, dogs and wildlife in eastern Australia there has been no systematic study to explore the epidemiology of Angiostrongylus spp. in definitive and intermediate hosts in the region.
Mahdis Aghazadeh +6 more
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Convergent evolution of plant and animal embryo defenses by hyperstable non-digestible storage proteins [PDF]
, 2017 Fil: Pasquevich, María Yanina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Dreon, Marcos Sebastián. Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Dreon, Marcos Sebastián +4 more
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Investigation of potential diseases associated with NorthernTerritory mammal declines - Final report
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, 2015 Executive summaryThere is compelling evidence of broad-scale declines in populations of small terrestrial native mammals in northern Australia, including the Top End of the Northern Territory (NT) over the past 20 years.
Gillespie, Graeme +4 more
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2025 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Volume 39, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
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Local terrestrial snails as natural intermediate hosts of the zoonotic parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the new European endemic area of Valencia, Spain [PDF]
Aim: The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, has recently been found in the city of Valencia, parasitizing rats, Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus, its natural definitive hosts.
Bueno Marí, Rubén +6 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalINTRODUCTION Angiostrongylus cantonensis is causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans. Worldwide expansion of this nematode is linked to the dispersion of their hosts. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of A.
Laura Rocha Guerino +6 more
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Older urban rats are infected with the zoonotic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne DiseasesRats, being synanthropic, are hosts to agents of zoonotic diseases that pose a threat to human and domestic animal health. The nematode parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis, commonly known as the rat lungworm, is no exception; it can cause potentially ...
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