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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 +9 more
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(rat lungworm) in its gastropod hosts
Parasitology, 2019 AbstractAngiostrongylus cantonensis(rat lungworm), a parasitic nematode, is expanding its distribution. Human infection, known as angiostrongyliasis, may manifest as eosinophilic meningitis, an emerging infectious disease. The range and incidence of this disease are expanding throughout the tropics and subtropics.
Kenneth A. Hayes +5 more
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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 ...
Walden HDS +3 more
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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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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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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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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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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 +11 more
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, 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
Taylor H. Ricketts (8530584) +1 more
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