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The global risk of infectious disease emergence from giant land snail invasion and pet trade

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Pathogen outbreaks mostly originate from animals, but some species are more likely to trigger epidemics. The giant land snail (Lissachatina fulica) is a widespread invader, a popular exotic pet, and a notorious vector of the rat lungworm ...
Jérôme M W Gippet, Olivia K Bates, Jérémie Moulin, Cleo Bertelsmeier   +3 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019–2022

, 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.
Bryce M. Miller, Caitlin E. Burrell, Guilherme G. Verocai, Elizabeth W. Howerth, Sam Rivera, Brittany McHale, Rita McManamon, Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos, Justin M. Stilwell, Nicole L. Gottdenker, Hassan Hakimi   +10 more
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Insights into the biology of the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasitic nematode with a complex life cycle involving rats as definitive hosts and gastropods as intermediate hosts. The parasite can infect other organisms, including humans, in which it causes neuroangiostrongyliasis ...
Griffin CD, Ezenwa VO, Cowie RH.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Geographic Range Expansion for Rat Lungworm in North America

, 2015
Using quantitative PCR analysis and DNA sequencing, we provide evidence for the presence of rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in Oklahoma, USA, and identified a potentially novel rat host (Sigmodon hispidus).
James P. Creecy, Wayne D. Lord, Emily M. York, William Caire   +3 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]

Parasitol Res
Jarvi S, Jacob J, Mina A, Lyons M.
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Probing Cinnamamides and Benzamides as Anthelmintics: Discovery of Potent Drug‐Like Agents Against Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Chemical Biology &Drug Design, Volume 108, Issue 1, July 2026.
Cynnamoyl benzylpiperazine was identified as drug‐like derivative of cinnarizine with anthelmintic activity against A. cantonensis. In this work, 15 out of 31 derivatives showed improved anthelmintic activity with increased solubility. A SAR study was carried out to determine the molecular features involved in such effect.
Bruna L. Lemes, Mariana A. Siegl‐Breno, Marina T. Varela, Flavia B. Lopes, Mikaelly K. Silva‐Nunes, Thaiane D. Santos, Lucas Fukui‐Silva, Daniel B. Roquini, Vinicius G. Maltarollo, Josué de Moraes, João Paulo S. Fernandes   +10 more
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Phylogenetic relationship of the Brazilian isolates of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) employing mitochondrial COI gene sequence data [PDF]

, 2012
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Thiengo, Silvana C., Estrela, Pedro C., Tainá CC Monte, Oliveira, Ana Paula M., Maldonado Júnior, Arnaldo, Alexandre J Silva, Silvana C Thiengo, Ana Paula M Oliveira, Simões, Raquel O., Silva, Alexandre J., Monte, Tainá C. C., Pedro C Estrela, Arnaldo Júnior, Raquel O Simões, Novaes, Clodoaldo F., Clodoaldo F Novaes   +15 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis and rat lungworm disease in Brazil. [PDF]

Hawaii J Med Public Health, 2013
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Malacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios.
Thiengo SC, Simões Rde O, Fernandez MA, Maldonado A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1255-1310, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Zoonotic risks in urban areas: Prevalence of helminth parasites in urban populations of Lissachatina fulica in Sarawak, Malaysia

Veterinary Record Open, Volume 13, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract Background The giant African land snail (Lissachatina fulica), an invasive species with significant medical, agricultural and economic importance, is abundant in urban areas of Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. The proximity between humans and the snail may increase the risk of pathogen transmission.
Farid Farhan Mohd Nor, Nur Aniyah Sulaiman, Tiffany Junior Singgah Iddie, Dayang Norafizan Awang Chee, Madinah Adrus   +4 more
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