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First record of Bulimulus tenuissimus (Mollusca) as potential experimental intermediate host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda)

Martins, F G; Garcia, J S; Torres, E J L; Santos, M A J; Massard, C L; Pinheiro, J.

Braz. j. biol; 79 (4), 2019

Abstract Snails are essential to complete the life cycle of the metastrongylid nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the causative agent of infections in domestic and wild animals, mainly rodents, and also of neural angiostrongyliasis or eosinophilic meningitis in humans. There are many reports of mollu...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis/crecimiento & desarrollo, Angiostrongylus cantonensis/fisiología, Brasil/epidemiología, Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos, Larva/crecimiento & desarrollo, Estadios del Ciclo de Vida, Modelos Teóricos, Caracoles/parasitología

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Human neuroimmune response against angiostrongylus cantonensis

Gómez-Pérez, David; Meijides-Mejías, Christian; Dorta-Contreras, Alberto Juan.

Rev. cuba. invest. bioméd; 38 (1), 2019

Introduction: Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic pathogen that causes human angiostrongyliasis; its main clinical manifestation is eosinophilic meningitis. It was reported in Cuba for the first time in America. Objective: To review the main immunological findings about the human neuroimmune resp...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis/fisiología, Neuroinmunomodulación

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