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The mitochondrial genome of Angiostrongylus mackerrasae as a basis for molecular, epidemiological and population genetic studies [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
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, M Bhaibulaya, AB Kamis, DM Spratt, M Bhaibulaya, J Mackie, M Aghazadeh, J Robins, M Hu, AR Jex, RB Gasser, S Lv, RC Edgar, JP Huelsenbeck, A Jabbar, JF Gao, TH Le, M Hu, M Hu, M Bhaibulaya, A Jabbar, VL Stokes, NJ Morton, D Chan, AG Walker, JH Robins, JD Dunsmore, M Aghazadeh, W Maleewong, Y Qvarnstrom, P Eamsobhana   +36 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis and neuroangiostrongyliasis (rat lungworm disease): 2020. [PDF]

Parasitology, 2021
Jarvi S, Prociv P.
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Estimating Human Exposure to Rat Lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) on Hawai'i Island: A Pilot Study. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2020
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic, parasitic nematode causing angiostrongyliasis or rat lungworm disease. Clinical diagnosis in humans is currently confirmed by detection of parasite DNA in cerebrospinal fluid. This study estimated human exposure to A.
Jarvi SI, Eamsobhana P, Quarta S, Howe K, Jacquier S, Hanlon A, Snook K, McHugh R, Tman Z, Miyamura J, Kramer K, Meyer M.   +11 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Nematode Invasion Pathway, Mallorca, Spain [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
[eng] Neural angiostrongyliasis is an emerging zoonosis caused by the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. In humans, infection with this nematode often results in eosinophilic meningitis and other severe disorders of the central nervous system ...
Delgado-Serra, S., Negre, N., Paredes-Esquivel, C., Sola, J.   +3 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 ...
Bueno Marí, Rubén, Fuentes, Marius V., Galán Puchades, María Teresa, Gosálvez, Carla, Gómez Samblás, María Mercedes, Osuna Carrillo De Albornoz, Antonio, Solano Parada, Jennifer, Sáez Durán, Sandra, Trelis, María   +8 more
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A Peculiar Distribution of the Emerging Nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Canary Islands (Spain): Recent Introduction or Isolation Effect? [PDF]

Animals, 2021
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an emerging zoonotic nematode recognized as the leading cause of eosinophilic meningitis in the word. After its discovery in China, it was recorded in 30 countries worldwide.
Abreu Yanes, Estefanía, Abreu-Acosta, Néstor, Dorta-Guerra, Roberto, Feliu José, Carlos, Foronda, Pilar, García-Livia, Katherine, Izquierdo-Rodríguez, Elena, Martin-Alonso, Aarón, Martín-Carrillo, Natalia, Miquel Colomé, Jordi, Quispe-Ricalde, María Antonieta, Serra Cobo, Jordi, Valladares, Basilio   +12 more
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Trade and Deforestation Predict Rat Lungworm Disease, an Invasive-Driven Zoonosis, at Global and Regional Scales. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2021
The introduction of non-native species and deforestation are both important drivers of environmental change that can also facilitate the geographic spread of zoonotic pathogens and increase disease risk in humans. With ongoing trends in globalization and
de Wit LA, Ricketts TH.
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Autochthonous Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infections in Accidental and Definitive Hosts, San Diego, California, USA. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is an emerging veterinary and public health concern. We describe A. cantonensis infections in a zoo-housed parma wallaby and free-ranging Virginia opossums and roof rats in San Diego, California, USA ...
Nakagun S, Gonzalez Vera CG, Wohl A, Clifford DL, Fraess GA, Nylander JR, Montero E, Asin J, Kubiski SV, Burns RE.   +9 more
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In vivo efficacy of pyrantel pamoate as a post-exposure prophylactic for rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis). [PDF]

Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist, 2022
Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) is a neurotropic nematode, and the leading cause of eosinophilic meningitis worldwide. The parasite is usually contracted through ingestion of infected gastropods, often hidden in raw or partially cooked produce.
Jacob J, Steel A, Kaluna L, Hess S, Leinbach I, Antaky C, Sugihara R, Hamilton L, Follett P, Howe K, Jacquier S, Wongwiwatthananukit S, Jarvi S.   +12 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.
Rivory P, Lee R, Šlapeta J.
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