Geographic Range Expansion for Rat Lungworm in North America [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Using quantitative PCR analysis and DNA sequencing, we provide evidence for the presence of rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in Oklahoma, USA, and identified a potentially novel rat host (Sigmodon hispidus).
Emily M. York +3 more
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Detection of Rat Lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in Rats and Gastropods, Italy [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe emerging zoonotic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis causes severe neural angiostrongyliasis in both humans and animals. The parasite has been reported in Spain. We detected A.
Divakaran Pandian +10 more
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Detection of Rat Lungworms in Invasive Mollusks, Georgia, USA, 2024 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is an invasive, zoonotic parasite that can cause severe disease in humans. We collected A. cantonensis larvae from 2 host species, invasive apple and mystery snails, from bodies of water in Georgia, USA ...
Tyler J. Achatz +7 more
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Rat lungworm survives winter: experimental overwintering of Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae in European slugs [PDF]
Parasitology, 2023 The rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a metastrongyloid nematode that causes neurological disorders in its accidental hosts, including humans.
Lucia Anettová +4 more
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Rat Lungworm Infection in Rodents across Post-Katrina New Orleans, Louisiana, USA [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), a parasitic nematode that can cause eosinophilic meningitis in humans, was first detected in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in the mid-1980s and now appears to be widespread in the southeastern United States.
Rosalyn C. Rael +5 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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Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) active larval emergence from deceased bubble pond snails (Bullastra lessoni) into water [PDF]
Parasitology, 2023 Angiostrongylus cantonensis (the rat lungworm) is a zoonotic parasite of non-permissive accidental (dogs, humans, horses, marsupials, birds) hosts.
Phoebe Rivory, Rogan Lee, Jan Šlapeta
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A Review of Rat Lungworm Infection and Recent Data on Its Definitive Hosts in Hawaii
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2019 Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) is a zoonotic nematode that causes rat lungworm disease (angiostrongyliasis), a potentially debilitating form of meningitis, in humans worldwide.
Chris N. Niebuhr +2 more
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Rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) (Nematoda: Strongylida: Metastrongylida)
EDIS, 2013 Like many pest and disease problems, rat lungworm has been slowly spreading around the world. First described by Chen from rats in China, the medical significance of this parasite was overlooked until 1944 when it was found infecting humans in Taiwan ...
John Capinera, Heather S. Walden
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Rat Lungworm Detected in Rats, Madagascar, 2022–2023
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAngiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is a zoonotic parasite that causes eosinophilic meningitis in humans; the parasite is maintained in rat definitive hosts and transmitted through gastropod intermediate hosts. We report A.
Santatriniaina F. Randrianarisoa +10 more
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