Angiostrongylus Costaricensis
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1. [Prevalência de Angiostrongylus cantonensis e Angiostrongylus costaricensis em caramujos Achatina fulica na cidade de São Bernardo do Campo (SP, Brasil)]
RESUMO Angiostrongylus cantonensis e Angiostrongylus costaricensis são nematoides parasitas que residem em roedores e usam gastrópodes como hospedeiros intermediários. Achatina fulica, conhecida como caramujo-gigante-africano, é um hospedeiro intermediário que desempenha importante papel na dispersão de A. cantonensis e A. costaricensis, patógenos zoo
Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec.. Publicado em: 2020-01
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2. Angiostrongylus spp. in the Americas: geographical and chronological distribution of definitive hosts versus disease reports
BACKGROUND Angiostrongyliasis is an infection caused by nematode worms of the genus Angiostrongylus. The adult worms inhabit the pulmonary arteries, heart, bronchioles of the lung, or mesenteric arteries of the caecum of definitive host. Of a total of 23 species of Angiostrongylus cited worldwide, only nine were registered in the American Continent. Two spe
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2018-03
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3. Characterisation of the vascular pathology in Sigmodon hispidus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) following experimental infection with Angiostrongylus costaricensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae)
BACKGROUND Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode that causes human abdominal angiostrongyliasis, a disease found mainly in Latin American countries and particularly in Brazil and Costa Rica. Its life cycle involves exploitation of both invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. Its natural reservoir is a vertebrate host, the cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus. The
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 06/04/2017
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4. Suscetibilidade de Biomphalaria glabrata submetida à infecção concomitante com Angiostrongylus costaricensis e Schistosoma mansoni
Resumo A facilidade de adaptação do Angiostrongylus costaricensis, nematódeo responsável pela angiostrongiliase abdominal, a diversas espécies de moluscos terrestres e dulciaquícolas e as divergências observadas nas interações dos trematódeos com seus hospedeiros intermediários nos induziu a estudar a infecção concomitante de Biomphalaria glabra
Braz. J. Biol.. Publicado em: 26/09/2016
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5. New host, geographic records, and histopathologic studies ofAngiostrongylus spp (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) in rodents from Argentina with updated summary of records from rodent hosts and host specificity assessment
To date, 21 species of the genus Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) have been reported around the world, 15 of which are parasites of rodents. In this study, new host, geographic records, and histopathologic studies of Angiostrongylus spp in sigmodontine rodents from Argentina, with an updated summary of records from rodent hosts and host specific
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 15/03/2016
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6. Proteolytic activity in the adult and larval stages of the human roundworm parasite Angiostrongylus costaricensis
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode that causes abdominal angiostrongyliasis, a widespread human parasitism in Latin America. This study aimed to characterize the protease profiles of different developmental stages of this helminth. First-stage larvae (L1) were obtained from the faeces of infected Sigmodon hispidus rodents and third-stage larvae (L3)
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2012-09
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7. Vermes, caramujos e humanos: as construções médica e popular de uma doença infecciosa emergente
A identificação do verme Angiostrongylus costaricensis em humanos e caramujos, no sul do Brasil, sugere a ocorrência de subdiagnóstico e subnotificação de pacientes com angiostrongilíase abdominal. O artigo analisa as diferentes construções do conceito de angiostrongilíase abdominal na Costa Rica e no Brasil e a influência dessas variações em se
História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos. Publicado em: 2011-09
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8. Abdominal angiostrongyliasis with involvement of liver histopathologically confirmed: a case report
Human abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by ingestion of the L3 larvae of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. The human infection gives rise to a pathological condition characterized by acute abdominal pain, secondary to an inflammatory granulomatous reaction, marked eosinophilia and eosinophilic vasculitis. Most commonly this disease is li
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. Publicado em: 2011-08
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9. An indirect immunofluorescence antibody test employing whole eggs as the antigen for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis
Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a potentially fatal zoonotic disease with a broad geographical distribution throughout Central and South America. This study assessed the performance of Angiostrongylus costaricensis eggs as the antigen in an indirect immunofluorescence assay for the determination of parasite-specific IgG and IgG1 antibodies. For prevalence st
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2011-06
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10. Susceptibility and morbidity between male and female Swiss mice infected with Angiostrongylus costaricensis = Susceptibilidade e morbidade entre camundongos Swiss machos e fêmeas infectados com Angiostrongylus costaricensis / Susceptibilidade e morbidade entre camundongos Swiss machos e fêmeas infectados com Angiostrongylus costaricensis
The gender of vertebrate hosts may affect the outcome of parasitic infections. An experimental murine infection with Angiostrongylus costaricensis was followed with determinations of body weight, fecal larval elimination, number and length of adult worms, number of macroscopic intestinal lesions, and mortality. Groups of male and female Swiss mice were infec
Publicado em: 2011
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11. Estudo de proteínas do tubo reprodutor de Angiostrongylus spp. para diagnóstico imunológico das angiostrongilíases
Vermes do gênero Angiostrongylus são parasitos intra-arteriais em roedores. A. costaricensis vive no sistema mesentérico, enquanto A. cantonensis habita as artérias pulmonares de ratos. No homem, hospedeiro acidental destas parasitoses, elas causam a gastroenterite eosinofílica e meningite devido à migração de adultos jovens de A. cantonensis nos tec
Publicado em: 2011
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12. Use of heterologous antigens for the immunodiagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Angiostrongylus costaricensis has a broad geographic distribution spanning from North to South America and the infections of vertebrates with this nematode can result in abdominal complications. Human infections are diagnosed by histological or serological methods because the isolation of larvae from feces is not feasible, as most parasites become trapped in
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2010-11