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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 ...
Wun MK, Malik R, Yu J, Chow KE, Lau M, Podadera JM, Webster N, Lee R, Šlapeta J, Davies S.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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 ...
Walden HDS, Slapcinsky J, Rosenberg J, Wellehan JFX.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Isolate-specific rat brain transcriptional responses to rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis). [PDF]

Pathog Dis
Abstract 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.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019–2022

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), a zoonotic parasite invasive to the United States, causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. A. cantonensis harbors in rat reservoir hosts and is transmitted through gastropods and other paratenic hosts.
Nicole L. Gottdenker, Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos, Hassan Hakimi, Brittany McHale, Sam Rivera, Bryce M. Miller, Elizabeth W. Howerth, Caitlin E. Burrell, Justin M. Stilwell, Rita McManamon, Guilherme G. Verocai   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) infection by real-time PCR from the peripheral blood of animals: a preliminary study [PDF]

Parasitology Research
Susan I Jarvi, John Jacob
exaly   +2 more sources

Paratenic hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and their relation to human neuroangiostrongyliasis globally

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, Mark T. Fox, Robert H. Cowie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory aspects of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection: an integrative review

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, M. R. Carvalho, J. A. O. Santos, N. D. Barbosa, L. C. Melo, F. H. M. Costa, J. P. F. Carvalho, H. B. G. Messias, S. A. Fonseca, M. A. Souza, G. C. Ferreira-Júnior, R. F. Lima, J. G. Costa, M. G. S. Cavalcanti, T. J. Matos-Rocha   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth, Shan Lv, William Sears, Zhaily González Rodríguez, Hilda Hernández Álvarez, Pedro Casanova Arias, Leticia Karolini Walger Schultz, Alicia Rojas, John Jacob, Susan Jarvi, Kenton Kramer   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Release of Lungworm Larvae from Snails in the Environment: Potential for Alternative Transmission Pathways [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Gastropod-borne parasites may cause debilitating clinical conditions in animals and humans following the consumption of infected intermediate or paratenic hosts.
A Di Cesare, A Giannelli, A Giannelli, AJ Norton, Alessio Giannelli, Antonio Varcasia, C Tamponi, CA Waugh, CB Gerichter, CL Mendonça, CLGF Mendonça, CM Adema, CY Yii, D Heyneman, D Otranto, DH Molyneux, Domenico Otranto, DU Olveda, E Brianti, E Brianti, Emanuele Brianti, ER Morgan, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Francesca Abramo, G Annoscia, I Paperna, JE Ubelaker, JL Teem, Luigi Falsone, M Campion, Mark T. Fox, Martin Knaus, Matty Knight, P Seneviratna, QP Wang, RA Ramos, Rafael Antonio do Nascimento Ramos, RC Anderson, RH Cowie, SC Thiengo, SJ Kutz, SN Boev, SS Wu, TA Barçante, TC Cheng, TM Caro, TM Caro, TN Petney, TP Ng, VC Bonetti, Vito Colella, W Jeżewski   +51 more
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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
europepmc   +4 more sources