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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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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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Fatal neural angiostrongyliasis in the Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis) leading to defining Angiostrongylus cantonensis risk map at a zoo in Australia

One Health, 2023
Neural angiostrongyliasis (NA) is a parasitic disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm). This study presents a case of NA in a captive Bolivian squirrel monkey from a zoo in western Sydney, Australia.
Phoebe Rivory, Kresen Pillay, Rogan Lee, David Taylor, Michael P. Ward, Jan Šlapeta   +5 more
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Angiostrongylosis in Animals and Humans in Europe

Pathogens, 2021
Lungworms in the genus Angiostrongylus cause disease in animals and humans. The spread of Angiostrongylus vasorum within Europe and the recent establishment of Angiostrongylus cantonensis increase the relevance of these species to veterinary and medical ...
Eric R. Morgan, David Modry, Claudia Paredes-Esquivel, Pilar Foronda, Donato Traversa   +4 more
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A Peculiar Distribution of the Emerging Nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Canary Islands (Spain): Recent Introduction or Isolation Effect?

Animals, 2021
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an emerging zoonotic nematode recognized as the leading cause of eosinophilic meningitis in the word. After its discovery in China, it was recorded in 30 countries worldwide.
Natalia Martín-Carrillo, Carlos Feliu, Néstor Abreu-Acosta, Elena Izquierdo-Rodriguez, Roberto Dorta-Guerra, Jordi Miquel, Estefanía Abreu-Yanes, Aarón Martin-Alonso, Katherine García-Livia, María Antonieta Quispe-Ricalde, Jordi Serra-Cobo, Basilio Valladares, Pilar Foronda   +12 more
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Data and source code

, 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 ...
Taylor Ricketts (2940447), Luz A. de Wit (8822918)   +1 more
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Insights into embryo defenses of the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata: egg mass ingestion affects rat intestine morphology and growth. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
The spread of the invasive snail Pomacea canaliculata is expanding the rat lungworm disease beyond its native range. Their toxic eggs have virtually no predators and unusual defenses including a neurotoxic lectin and a proteinase inhibitor, presumably ...
Marcos S Dreon, Patricia E Fernández, Eduardo J Gimeno, Horacio Heras   +3 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis an Atypical Presenilin: Epitope Mapping, Characterization, and Development of an ELISA Peptide Assay for Specific Diagnostic of Angiostrongyliasis

Membranes, 2022
Background: Angiostrongyliasis, the leading cause universal of eosinophilic meningitis, is an emergent disease due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) larvae, transmitted accidentally to humans.
Salvatore G. De-Simone, Paloma Napoleão-Pêgo, Priscila S. Gonçalves, Guilherme C. Lechuga, Arnaldo Mandonado, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, David W. Provance   +6 more
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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.
C. J. Woodall, MacAldowie, CN, Kennedy, MW, C. N. MacAldowie, Woodall, CJ, Hodgson, C, Hodgson, C., Woodall, C J, C. Hodgson, Miller, H. R.P., Pemberton, AD, MacAldowie, C N, Miller, H R, Collie, D D, Collie, DDS, Pemberton, A D, D. D. S. Collie, Kennedy, M W, Miller, HRP, MacAldowie, C. N., Kennedy, M. W., Woodall, Chris J., N. McLean, McLean, N., M. W. Kennedy, Collie, D. D.S., McLean, N, Pemberton, A. D., H. R. P. Miller, A. D. Pemberton   +29 more
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Rat Lungworm Infection Associated with Central Nervous System Disease — Eight U.S. States, January 2011–January 2017 [PDF]

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2018
Angiostrongyliasis is caused by infection and migration to the brain of larvae of the parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, or rat lungworm. Adult A. cantonensis reside in the lungs of the definitive wild rodent host, where they produce larvae passed in feces, which are then ingested by snails and slugs (gastropods). Human infection typically
Liu, Eugene W., Schwartz, Brian S., Hysmith, Nicholas D., DeVincenzo, John P., Larson, Derek T., Maves, Ryan C., Palazzi, Debra L., Meyer, Chelsea, Custodio, Haidee T., Braza, Mariejane M., Al Hammoud, Roukaya, Rao, Suchitra, Qvarnstrom, Yvonne, Yabsley, Michael J., Bradbury, Richard S., Montgomery, Susan P.   +15 more
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