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The scourge of Rat lungworm disease in Continental Europe, an emerging parasite
International Journal of Surgery Global Health, 2023 In Europe, rat lungworm diseases have so far been reported exclusively at the insular level, specifically in Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus rats in Tenerife (the Canary Islands) and Atelerix algirus hedgehogs in Mallorca (the Balearic Islands). Researchers in Spain detected the parasite, the rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), in two different
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Angiostrongyliasis (Rat Lungworm Disease): Viewpoints from Hawai‘i Island [PDF]
ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2017 Hawai'i, particularly east Hawai'i Island, is the epicenter for angiostrongyliasis in the United States. Case numbers have been increasing and appear to parallel the introduction and spread of the semislug (Parmarion martensi) to east Hawai'i. The infective larvae in rainwater catchment as a source for household and agricultural water may also play a ...
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A severe case of rat lungworm disease in Hawa'i.
Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health, 2014A 23-year-old man living on the island of Hawa'i developed a life threatening case of eosinophilic meningitis caused by infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm disease: RLWD). He was comatose for 3 months, incurring brain and nerve damage sufficiently extensive that he was not expected to recover.
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Angiostrongyliasis or Rat Lungworm Disease: a Perspective From Hawai'i
Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 2018Angiostrongyliasis is contracted by the ingestion of or exposure to the zoonotic parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which requires two hosts to complete its life cycle. Rats are known to be the definitive hosts and mollusks are intermediate hosts.
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Lidocaine Infusion for Refractory Pain from Rat Lungworm Disease - Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare, 2021Human infection with Angiostrongyloides cantonensis, or rat lungworm disease, manifests most commonly with neurologic symptoms that often include severe diffuse pain. While pain is reported by the majority of patients with rat lungworm disease, there are presently no published guidelines on the approach to pain management for these patients.
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis and rat lungworm disease in Brazil.
Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health, 2014The metastrongyloid nematode genus Angiostrongylus includes 18 species, two of which are relevant from a medical standpoint, Angiostrongylus costaricensis and Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The first was described from Costa Rica in 1971 and causes abdominal angiostrongyliasis in the Americas, including in Brazil.
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Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health, 2014
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a metastrongyloid nematode in the family Angiostrongylidae. It is the cause of angiostrongyliasis (rat lungworm disease), which manifests as eosinophilic meningitis. First described in 1935 from rats in China, A. cantonensis was placed in the genus Parastrongylus in 1986, but most workers have not adopted this treatment ...
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a metastrongyloid nematode in the family Angiostrongylidae. It is the cause of angiostrongyliasis (rat lungworm disease), which manifests as eosinophilic meningitis. First described in 1935 from rats in China, A. cantonensis was placed in the genus Parastrongylus in 1986, but most workers have not adopted this treatment ...
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Evaluation of the mechanism of action of albendazole on adult rat lungworm ( )
Experimental Parasitology, 2022Md Afjalus Siraj +2 more
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