Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Absence of Wolbachia endobacteria in the non filariid nematodes Angiostrongylus cantonensis and A costaricensis
... nematode, Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm), a leading cause of eosinophilic meningitis in ...A. cantonensis and ...A. cantonensis indicate that they most likely result from ...
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Mannose binding lectin deficiency with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in children: a case series
... Case 2 is a 10-year-old Caucasian Cuban boy; suffer- ing from eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus Cantonensis was admitted to the hospi- tal in June 2008. The clinical and ...
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Intrathecal synthesis of IgE in children with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis
... phages, eosinophils and platelets also have receptors for IgE, which explains IgE participation in the defense against helminths [16,17], particularly Angiostrongylus cantonensis. This defense is mediated ...
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New Nodule Type Found in the Lungs of Pomacea canaliculata, an Intermediate Host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis
... Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection occurs in many ...A. cantonensis infection can leave pathological nodules in the snail host’s ...A. cantonensis -positive snails is the primary ...
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MR Findings of Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis Attributed to Angiostrongylus cantonensis
... Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a nematode par- asite that inhabits the pulmonary arteries and heart of ...A. cantonensis was also recovered from the anterior chamber of the eye in three patients in ...
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Phylogenetic relationship of the Brazilian isolates of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) employing mitochondrial COI gene sequence data
... Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) is a nematode that lives in the right ventricle and pulmonary arteries of rats. Rodents such as Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegi- cus are considered the most ...
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The genetic variation of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the People’s Republic of China
... lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is an important aetiological agent of human eosinophilic men- ingitis ...A. cantonensis involves rats as definitive host and mollusks as intermediate ...
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Chi3l3: a potential key orchestrator of eosinophil recruitment in meningitis induced by Angiostrongylus cantonensis
... Angiostrongylus cantonensis (A. cantonensis, AC), a rat lung nematode, is a serious foodborne parasite. It occurs in Asia, the Pacific islands, Australia, and the Caribbean islands [1]. Humans and ...
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Small-scale spatial analysis of intermediate and definitive hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis
... of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The life cycle of A. cantonensis involves rodents as definitive hosts and molluscs as intermediate hosts ...A. cantonensis, and they can still be infected ...
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Pepsin is a positive regulator of Ac cathB 2 involved in the rat gut penetration of Angiostrongylus cantonensis
... Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic nematode dwell- ing in the heart and pulmonary arteries of rats, is thought to be the primary etiologic agent of human eosinophilic meningitis or meningoencephalitis ...
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Dexamethasone inhibits brain apoptosis in mice with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection
... Background: Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is the major cause of eosinophilic meningitis ...A. cantonensis, but the involved mechanism is ...
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Stimulation of IL 1β and IL 6 through NF κB and sonic hedgehog dependent pathways in mouse astrocytes by excretory/secretory products of fifth stage larval Angiostrongylus cantonensis
... Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, was found in the hearts and pulmonary arteries of Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus in Guangzhou (Canton), China, by Chen in 1935 [21, ...A. ...
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Preliminary expression profile of cytokines in brain tissue of BALB/c mice with Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection
... The expression of CCL2 also improved significantly during the early infection phase. It has been demon- strated that CCL2 could be induced in the brain during injury and trauma [28–30]. Research showed that the larvae ...
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The opposite roles of PAS 5 and Galectin 1 in immune response during the early infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis
... PAS-5 and Gal-1 modulate the immune response via CD4 + T cells and CD4 + CD25 + FoxP3 + Tregs. T cells are comprised of two major subgroups: CD4 + helper cells and CD8 + cytotoxic cells. Notably, studies have shown that ...
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Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis contributes to the immunosuppression of mice infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis
... A. cantonensis infection, and the increase of apoptosis is just one of the mechanisms leading to thymic atro- ...A. cantonensis infection need fur- ther ...
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A blind passenger: a rare case of documented seroconversion in an Angiostrongylus cantonensis induced eosinophilic meningitis in a traveler visiting friends and relatives
... The course of disease is determined by the parasite’s biology in the human host. Humans are considered dead-end hosts as the larvae cannot develop to adult worms and die after completed migration to the CNS. This ...
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis and human angiostrongyliasis
... A. cantonensis hosts (rats and molluscs), it would be almost impossible to eradicate this parasite from the ...A. cantonensis infections in China have been attributed to this method of preparing ...
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A longitudinal study of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in an urban population of Rattus norvegicus in Brazil: the influences of seasonality and host features on the pattern of infection
... Although the prevalence of A. cantonensis did not vary between seasons (Table 3), the range of parasite abun- dance was greater during the dry season. Because the mollusc intermediate hosts are susceptible to ...
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Low diversity of Angiostrongylus cantonensis complete mitochondrial DNA sequences from Australia, Hawaii, French Polynesia and the Canary Islands revealed using whole genome next generation sequencing
... A. cantonensis originating from four geo- graphically distant regions where it represents an impor- tant public health concern: (i) Sydney (Mosman, NSW, Australia); (ii) Fatu Hiva Island (Marquesas, French Poly- ...
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Effects of albendazole combined with TSII A (a Chinese herb compound) on optic neuritis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in BALB/c mice
... Finally, the present study has clearly shown that alben- dazole combined with TSII-A group rescued the damaged ganglion cells and optic nerves. The infection group showed severe retinal inflammation, ganglion cell ...
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