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Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis associated with rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) migration in two nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) and an opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in the southeastern United States

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, was the cause of neural larval migrans in two nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) and one Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) from the southeastern United States.
Martha F. Dalton, Heather Fenton, Christopher A. Cleveland, Elizabeth J. Elsmo, Michael J. Yabsley   +4 more
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Lungworm of cattle in Malaysia [PDF]

, 2010
Bovine lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus is highly endemic in temperate regions. However, the occurrence of the lungworm has not been reported in any South East Asian country.
E., Azlan, Htun, Lat Lat, Hassan, Latiffah, S., Jeyabalan, Abdullah Sani, Rehana, M., Hishammfariz, K., Rohani, Abdul Rahman, Sheikh Omar, P., Ramli   +8 more
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Lungworm disease in cats: ABCD guidelines on prevention and management [PDF]

, 2015
OVERVIEW: Cardiopulmonary nematodes are emerging parasites of cats in Europe. A number of helminth parasites may be involved. The most prevalent lungworm in domestic cats is Aelurostrongylus abstrusus.
Thiry, Etienne, dI&I I&I-1, Möstl, Karin, Gruffydd Jones, Tim, Lloret, Albert, Marsilio, Fulvio, Lutz, Hans, LS Klinisch Onderzoek Wagenaar, Boucraut-Baralon, Corine, Egberink, Herman, Horzinek, Marian C., Radford, Alan D., Boucraut Baralon, Corine, Gruffydd-Jones, Tim, Truyen, Uwe, Addie, Diane D., Radford, Alan D, Hosie, Margaret J, Pennisi, Maria Grazia, Hartmann, Katrin, Horzinek, Marian C, European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases, Addie, Diane D, LS Virologie, Hosie, Margaret J., Frymus, Tadeusz, Addie, D.D., Gruffydd-Jones,, Truyen, U., Lloret, A., Lutz, H., Möstl, K., Radford, A.D., Horzinek, M.C., Egbrink, H., Hartmann, K., Hosie, M.J., Pennisi, M.G., Marsilio, F., Boucraut-Baralon, C., Frymus, T.   +40 more
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Older urban rats are infected with the zoonotic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Rats, being synanthropic, are hosts to agents of zoonotic diseases that pose a threat to human and domestic animal health. The nematode parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis, commonly known as the rat lungworm, is no exception; it can cause potentially ...
Phoebe Rivory, Miguel Bedoya-Pérez, Michael P. Ward, Jan Šlapeta   +3 more
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A novel mutation causing nephronophthisis in the Lewis polycystic kidney rat localises to a conserved RCC1 domain in Nek8 [PDF]

, 2012
Background Nephronophthisis (NPHP) as a cause of cystic kidney disease is the most common genetic cause of progressive renal failure in children and young adults.
Morahan, G., Mathew I Bellgard, Roberto A Barrero, Morahan, G, McCooke, J.K., Bellgard, MI, Jacqueline K Phillips, Ding, A., John K McCooke, Appels, R, Grant Morahan, Phillips, J.K., Justyna E Ozimek-Kulik, Phillips, JK, Bellgard, M.I., Barrero, RA, McCooke, JK, Appels, R., Barrero, R.A., Ozimek-Kulik, J.E., Rudi Appels, Alice Ding, Ozimek-Kulik, JE, Ding, A   +23 more
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High prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) on eastern Hawai'i Island: A closer look at life cycle traits and patterns of infection in wild rats (Rattus spp.).

PLoS ONE, 2017
The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic pathogen and the etiological agent of human angiostrongyliasis or rat lungworm disease. Hawai'i, particularly east Hawai'i Island, is the epicenter for angiostrongyliasis in the USA. Rats (Rattus spp.
Susan I Jarvi, Stefano Quarta, Steven Jacquier, Kathleen Howe, Deniz Bicakci, Crystal Dasalla, Noelle Lovesy, Kirsten Snook, Robert McHugh, Chris N Niebuhr   +9 more
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Epidemiology of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and eosinophilic meningitis in the People's Republic of China [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Human eosinophilic meningitis is mainly caused by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, especially in tropical and subtropical regions.
Lv, Shan
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Evaluation of the zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat as a model for human disease based on urinary peptidomic profiles [PDF]

, 2012
Representative animal models for diabetes-associated vascular complications are extremely relevant in assessing potential therapeutic drugs. While several rodent models for type 2 diabetes (T2D) are available, their relevance in recapitulating renal and ...
Joachim Jankowski, Antonia Vlahou (114470), Vlahou Antonia, Joachim Jankowski (114466), Ariela Benigni (114455), Kossida Sophia, Siwy, Justyna, Mullen, Wiliam, Bernd Mayer (32896), Perco, Paul, Perco, P., Wiliam Mullen (114460), Mischak Harald, Benigni, A., Carlamaria Zoja (114447), Mischak, H., Harald Mischak (103627), Sophia Kossida (113366), Benigni, Ariela, Bernd Mayer, Julie Klein, Justyna Siwy (103595), Klein Julie, Jankowski, J., Justyna Siwy, Kossida, Sophia, Mischak, Harald, Ferdinand H Bahlmann, Vlahou, Antonia, Stevens, Robert, Mayer, B., Zoja, C., Ferdinand H. Bahlmann (114474), Ariela Benigni, Benigni Ariela, Stevens Robert, Mayer Bernd, Kossida, S., Klein, Julie, Wiliam Mullen, Siwy, J., Bahlmann Ferdinand H., Paul Perco (32894), Jankowski, Joachim, Antonia Vlahou, Carlamaria Zoja, Sophia Kossida, Siwy Justyna, Stevens, R., Mullen Wiliam, Mullen, W., Robert Stevens, Zoja, Carlamaria, Perco Paul, Paul Perco, Bahlmann, F.H., Mayer, Bernd, Vlahou, A., Harald Mischak, Klein, J., Robert Stevens (18678), Julie Klein (114451), Bahlmann, Ferdinand H., Zoja Carlamaria, Jankowski Joachim   +64 more
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Rat Lungworm Infection in Rodents across Post-Katrina New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

, 2018
Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), a parasitic nematode that can cause eosinophilic meningitis in humans, was first detected in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in the mid-1980s and now appears to be widespread in the southeastern United States.
Bruno Ghersi-Chavez, Michael J. Blum, Rosalyn C. Rael, Anna C. Peterson, Claudia Riegel, Amy E. Lesen   +5 more
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Pharmacogenetic stimulation of cholinergic pedunculopontine neurons reverses motor deficits in a rat model of Parkinson's disease [PDF]

, 2015
Background Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) often present with axial symptoms, including postural- and gait difficulties that respond poorly to dopaminergic agents.
Pienaar, Ilse, De Paola, V, Gretenkord, Sabine, David Dexter (3572210), Sabine Gretenkord, Withers, Dominic, Ilse Pienaar (4504357), Dominic Withers (3572216), Gartside, Sarah, De Paola, Vincenzo, Puneet Sharma, Ilse S. Pienaar, Puneet Sharma (3572222), Sharma, Puneet, Dominic Withers, Sabine Gretenkord (3572213), David T. Dexter, Vincenzo De Paola, Joanna L. Elson, Ilse Pienaar (3572219), Joanna L Elson (16036517), Sarah Gartside (3572225), Dexter, David, Elson, Joanna, Sarah E. Gartside, Joanna Elson (271089), Vincenzo De Paola (275215), Sarah E Gartside (16264538), David T Dexter (9237410)   +28 more
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