Angiostrongylus cantonensis

"Angiostrongylus cantonensis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D017185
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.588.080.225
Concept/Terms	Angiostrongylus cantonensis Angiostrongylus cantonensis

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Helminths [B01.050.500.500]
Nematoda [B01.050.500.500.294]
Chromadorea [B01.050.500.500.294.400]
Strongylida [B01.050.500.500.294.400.968]
Metastrongyloidea [B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.588]
Angiostrongylus [B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.588.080]
Angiostrongylus cantonensis [B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.588.080.225]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
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
2025	2	0	2

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Jarvi SI, Osuna A, Pitt WC, Farias M, Shiels L, Howe K, Jacquier S, Shiels AB, Sugihara R, Phan J, Samblas MG, Friedman DE, Severino M, Amano K, Allison M, Luiz B, Holtquist Z. Efficacy of a PP2A vaccine for Angiostrongylus costaricensis against rat lungworm disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in wild-caught rats (Rattus rattus) in Hawaii. Vaccine. 2025 Aug 30; 62:127532.

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Jarvi SI, Kaluna LM, Howe K, Fiedler KD, Vlautin CT, Severino MG, Botticelli J, McHugh R. Positive correlation of prevalence of Angiostongylis cantonensis in Parmarion martensi (semi-slug) with higher human neuroangiostrongyliasis (rat lungworm disease) caseloads in east Hawai'i Island. Int J Parasitol. 2026 Jan; 56(1):104703.

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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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