Angiostrongylus cantonensis
"Angiostrongylus cantonensis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic nematodes distributed throughout the Pacific islands that infests the lungs of domestic rats. Human infection, caused by consumption of raw slugs and land snails, results in eosinophilic meningitis.
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D017185
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.588.080.225
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angiostrongylus cantonensis" by people in Profiles.
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Jarvi S, Jacob J, Mina A, Lyons M. Detection of rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) infection by real-time PCR from the peripheral blood of animals: a preliminary study. Parasitol Res. 2024 Jun 12; 123(6):240.
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Jarvi SI, Kaluna LM, Hess SC, Hamilton L, Antaky C, Sugihara RT, Leinbach IL, Tagami Y, Steel A, Howe K, Jacquier S, Cookman F, Diaz J, Jacob J, Follett P. Efficacy of X-Ray Phytosanitary Irradiation on the Infectivity and Reproduction of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Experimentally Infected Rats. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 03; 110(4):691-699.
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Jarvi SI, Nakayama K, Eamsobhana P, Kaluna L, Shepherd L, Tagami Y. Immunodiagnostic Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis Exposure on Hawaii Island Using Isogeographic 31-kDa Antigen. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 08 02; 109(2):335-342.
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Abe K, Casamina C, Ching N, Abe KK, Melish M, Thompson KS, Ahmed AA, Purohit PJ. A Rare Etiology for Ascending Paralysis in an Infant. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Oct 25; 11(10):448-451.
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Jacob J, Siraj MA, Steel A, Tan G, Jarvi S. Evaluation of the mechanism of action of albendazole on adult rat lungworm (Angiostrongyluscantonensis). Exp Parasitol. 2022 Nov; 242:108355.
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Jacob J, Steel A, Kaluna L, Hess S, Leinbach I, Antaky C, Sugihara R, Hamilton L, Follett P, Howe K, Jacquier S, Wongwiwatthananukit S, Jarvi S. In vivo efficacy of pyrantel pamoate as a post-exposure prophylactic for rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis). Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist. 2022 08; 19:1-5.
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Jacob J, Steel A, Lin Z, Berger F, Z?eller K, Jarvi S. Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Albendazole and Other Benzimidazole Anthelmintics for Rat Lungworm Disease (Neuroangiostrongyliasis): A Systematic Analysis of Clinical Reports and Animal Studies. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 04 09; 74(7):1293-1302.
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Follett P, Hamilton L, Tagami Y, Kaluna L, Jarvi S. Phytosanitary irradiation using X-rays prevents reproduction in the semi-slug Parmarion martensi (Stylommatophora: Ariophantidae), a host of the human pathogenic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Rhabditida: Angiostrongylidae). Pest Manag Sci. 2022 Mar; 78(3):1187-1193.
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Sears WJ, Qvarnstrom Y, Dahlstrom E, Snook K, Kaluna L, Bal? V, Feckova B, ?lapeta J, Modry D, Jarvi S, Nutman TB. AcanR3990 qPCR: A Novel, Highly Sensitive, Bioinformatically-Informed Assay to Detect Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 10 05; 73(7):e1594-e1600.
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Odani J, Sox E, Coleman W, Jha R, Malik R. First Documented Cases of Canine Neuroangiostrongyliasis Due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Hawaii. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2021 Jan 01; 57(1):42-46.