Evidence of Invasive Reptiles as Novel Paratenic Hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Canary Islands: Implications for Parasite Transmission in Island Ecosystems [PDF]
AnimalsAngiostrongylus cantonensis is an emerging zoonotic nematode whose transmission relies on complex host interactions. Although reptiles are recognized as paratenic hosts, data on invasive reptilian species remain scarce.
Nestor Abreu-Acosta +3 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging in dogs with neuroangiostrongyliasis (rat lungworm disease). [PDF]
Parasitology, 2021 AbstractThe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of the brain and spinal cord in humans with neuroangiostrongyliasis (NA) due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection has been well reported. Equivalent studies in animals are lacking. This case series describes clinical and MRI findings in 11 dogs with presumptively or definitively diagnosed NA ...
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) in Florida, USA: current status. [PDF]
Parasitology, 2021 AbstractAngiostrongylus cantonensis has been found in Florida, USA, from the panhandle in the north to Miami and surrounding areas in the southern parts of the state, in both definitive and intermediate hosts in a limited studies completed in 2015. Additional studies have identified this parasite in a variety of intermediate hosts, both native and non ...
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Isolate-specific rat brain transcriptional responses to rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis). [PDF]
Pathog DisAbstract The rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) is an invasive parasite of rats that in accidental hosts, such as dogs and humans, causes eosinophilic meningitis. In Australia, only two distinct rat lungworm cox1 haplotypes have been detected in clinically affected dogs, with haplotype Ac13 implicated in most cases. Using locally
Rivory P, Lee R, Šlapeta J.
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One Health, 2022 The nematode parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) has a complex life cycle involving rats (definitive hosts) and gastropods (intermediate hosts), as well as various paratenic hosts.
Helena C. Turck +2 more
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Detection of rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) infection by real-time PCR from the peripheral blood of animals: a preliminary study [PDF]
Parasitology ResearchSusan I Jarvi, John Jacob
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 This integrative literature review study analyzes the findings of the last 5 years of the parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis. It is known that this nematode is found in the pulmonary arteries of rats, where it remains as a definitive host.
M. S. N. Carvalho +14 more
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Neuroangiostrongyliasis: Updated Provisional Guidelines for Diagnosis and Case Definitions
Pathogens, 2023 Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the main causative agent for eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans. Larvae are rarely found in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). Consequently, serology and DNA detection represent important diagnostic tools.
Carlos Graeff-Teixeira +11 more
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, 2021 This project includes data for two analyses:1) Effect of trade on A. cantonensis introduction. Data include countries classified as rat lungworm present or rat lungworm absent, predictors for analysis of the effect of trade on rat lungworm introduction ...
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Local lung responses following local lung challenge with recombinant lungworm antigen in systemically sensitized sheep [PDF]
, 2001 Chronic mast cell-mediated inflammation may contribute significantly towards the extensive tissue remodelling that is a feature of lungworm infection in ruminants.
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