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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
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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
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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 Research
Susan Jarvi, John Jacob
exaly   +2 more sources

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
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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, 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
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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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Successful Removal of Angiostrongylus cantonensis Larvae from the Central Nervous System of Rats 7- and 14-Days Post-Infection Using a Product Containing Moxidectin, Sarolaner and Pyrantel Embonate (Simparica Trio™) in Experimental Infections

Pathogens, 2023
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a nematode with an indirect lifecycle, using molluscs as intermediate hosts. Rats are the definitive host. By administering a suitable anthelmintic, at an appropriate interval, the risk of clinical neuroangiostrongyliasis ...
Michaela Henry, Richard Malik, Jan Šlapeta, Rogan Lee   +3 more
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Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis Lungworms in Urban Rats, Valencia, Spain, 2021

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
To determine the role of rats as potential reservoirs of zoonotic parasites, we examined rats trapped in urban sewers of Valencia, Spain, in 2021. Morphologic and molecular identification and sequencing identified autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis nematodes, the most common cause of human eosinophilic meningitis, in pulmonary arteries of Rattus
Galán Puchades, María Teresa, Gómez Samblás, María Mercedes, Osuna, Antonio, Sáez-Durán, Sandra, Bueno Marí, Rubén, Fuentes, Màrius Vicent   +5 more
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Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Blood and Peripheral Tissues of Wild Hawaiian Rats (Rattus rattus) by a Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Assay. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a rat lungworm, a zoonotic pathogen that causes human eosinophilic meningitis and ocular angiostrongyliasis characteristic of rat lungworm (RLW) disease.
Susan I Jarvi, William C Pitt, Margaret E Farias, Laura Shiels, Michael G Severino, Kathleen M Howe, Steven H Jacquier, Aaron B Shiels, Karis K Amano, Blaine C Luiz, Daisy E Maher, Maureen L Allison, Zachariah C Holtquist, Neil T Scheibelhut   +13 more
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Low diversity of Angiostrongylus cantonensis complete mitochondrial DNA sequences from Australia, Hawaii, French Polynesia and the Canary Islands revealed using whole genome next-generation sequencing

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Rats (Rattus spp.) invaded most of the world as stowaways including some that carried the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the cause of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans and other warm-blooded animals.
Barbora Červená, David Modrý, Barbora Fecková, Kristýna Hrazdilová, Pilar Foronda, Aron Martin Alonso, Rogan Lee, John Walker, Chris N. Niebuhr, Richard Malik, Jan Šlapeta   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source