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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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angiostrongylus cantonensis" by people in Profiles.
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A new diagnostic technique for identifying Angiostrongylus spp. larvae in intermediate snail species by examining the buccal cavity. Parasit Vectors. 2024 Jul 09; 17(1):298.
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis activates inflammasomes in meningoencephalitic BALB/c mice. Parasitol Int. 2020 Aug; 77:102119.
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Rat Lungworm Infection Associated with Central Nervous System Disease - Eight U.S. States, January 2011-January 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Aug 03; 67(30):825-828.
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection: A Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin in Pediatric Patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 01; 63(11):1475-1478.
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An outbreak of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis in Beijing. J Parasitol. 2010 Apr; 96(2):377-81.