| seroprevalence of angiostrongylus cantonensis in wild rodents from the canary islands. | angiostrongylus cantonensis is a lungworm of rats (muridae) that is the causative agent of human cerebral angiostrongyliasis. the life cycle of a. cantonensis involves rats and mollusks as the definitive and intermediate hosts, respectively. this study was designed to increase the knowledge about the occurrence and distribution of a. cantonensis in its definitive host in the canary islands, using parasitological and serological analysis in different areas and age groups. | 2011 | 22110752 |
| finding of parastrongylus cantonensis (chen, 1935) in rattus rattus in tenerife, canary islands (spain). | parastrongylus cantonensis is a parasite of murid rodents that can infect humans and cause health problems as eosinophilic meningitis. although it is endemic in south asia, the pacific islands, australia, usa, and a few caribbean islands, it has been extended to new geographical regions. in the canary islands (spain) a survey of helminths of rattus rattus, rattus norvegicus and mus musculus domesticus was carried out. furthermore, five species of molluscs were examined for nematode larvae to det ... | 2010 | 20153283 |
| intermediate hosts of angiostrongylus cantonensis in tenerife, spain. | the nematode angiostrongylus cantonensis is the causative agent of human angiostrongyliasis, the main clinical manifestation of which is eosinophilic meningitis. although this parasite has been found recently in its definitive rat host in tenerife (canary islands, spain), showing a widespread distribution over the north-east part of the island, there are no available data regarding which snail and/or slug species are acting as intermediate hosts on this island. consequently, the objective of thi ... | 2015 | 25803658 |