Socio-environmental impacts of non-native and transplanted aquatic mollusc species in South America: What do we really know?

A Carranza, I Agudo-Padrón, GA Collado… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
The impacts of biological invasions remain poorly known for some habitats, regions and
taxa. To date, there has been no comprehensive effort to review and synthesize the impacts …

[HTML][HTML] Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) cantonensis en huéspedes intermediarios y definitivos en Ecuador, 2014-2017

L Solórzano-Alava, F Sánchez-Amador, T Valverde - Biomédica, 2019 - scielo.org.co
Introducción. Angiostrongylus cantonensis es un serio problema de salud pública y está
ampliamente distribuido en el país. Cuando el parásito infecta a los caracoles terrestres …

Reaching new lands: Updating the distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in South America with the first record in Argentina

D Hancke, N Guzman, M Tripodi… - Zoonoses and Public …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Angiostrongylus cantonensis, commonly known as the rat lungworm, is a
metastrongyloid nematode found primarily not only in tropical and subtropical regions but …

The global spread pattern of rat lungworm based on mitochondrial genetics

X Tian, S Chen, L Duan, Y Qian, H Li, S Lv - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Eosinophilic meningitis due to rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is a global public
health concern. Human cases and outbreaks have occurred in the new endemic areas …

[HTML][HTML] Confirmation of the presence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in lung tissue of the African giant snail (Lissachatina fulica) in Colombia

A Giraldo, C Garzón, A Castillo, DF Córdoba-Rojas - Infectio, 2019 - scielo.org.co
Abstract GIRALDO, Alan; GARZON, Camilo; CASTILLO, Andrés and CORDOBA-ROJAS,
Diego Fernando. Confirmation of the presence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in lung tissue …

Costs to Ecuador's rice sector during the first decade of an apple snail invasion and policy recommendations for regions at risk

FG Horgan, Q Zhu, DE Portalanza, MI Felix - Crop Protection, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Invasive Alien Species (IAS) can become a tremendous burden to national
economies; however, few studies have quantified the economic impacts of IAS, particularly …

[HTML][HTML] First record of natural infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Belocaulus willibaldoi and Rattus norvegicus in an urban …

DJG da Mota, LCV de Melo, VL Pereira-Chioccola… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a rat lungworm, is one of the leading causes of eosinophilic
meningitis in humans. Infection in humans occurs by the ingestion of intermediate hosts …

In the Dawn of an Early Invasion: No Genetic Diversity of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Ecuador?

L Solórzano Álava, C Bedoya Pilozo… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis has been reported worldwide. However, some
basic questions remain unanswered about A. cantonensis in Ecuador:(1) Was the invasion …

Control of eosinopilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China

S Lv, YH Guo, FR Wei, Y Zhang, N Xiao… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the major infective agent of human
eosinophilic meningitis (EM) in the world. The parasite was first noted in China in 1933 …

Prevalencia de parásitos nematodos Strongylidos asociados al Caracol africano, Achatina fulica, en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia

D Córdoba, AP Montoya, AG López - Revista MVZ Córdoba, 2017 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Objetivos. Establecer la presencia y prevalencia de parásitos nematodos Strongylida en
Achatina fulica en el Valle del Cauca, especialmente los nematodos que son …