Angiostrongylus Costaricensis in Panama

Tesh, R. B.; Ackerman, Lowell; Dietz, William H.; Williams, Jeffery A.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1973.22.348

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“… Tesh et al. (1973) reported little or no inflammatory reaction to adults and eggs of A. costaricensis in moderately parasitised S. hispidus , L. adspersus , O. fulvescens and R. rattus .…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Subsequently, A. costaricensis was found to occur commonly in arteries of the caecum and branches of the cranial mesenteric artery of rodent species in the families Cricetidae ( Sigmodon hispidus, Oligoryzomys (=Oryzomys) fulvescens, Sooretamys angouya (syn. Oryzomys nigripes), Zygodontomys microtinus), Heteromyidae ( Liomys adspersus ) and Muridae ( Rattus rattus , R. norvegicus ) in Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, the Canal Zone and the Republic of Panama ( Tesh et al., 1973; Monge et al., 1978; Morera, 1978, 1985; Morera et al., 1983; Graeff-Teixeira et al., 1990 ).…”

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“…In severely infected individuals, regional lymph nodes were replaced by eosinophilic fibrogranulomatous tissue. In contrast to other infected rodent species, only 3 of 104 Z. microtinus were infected with A. costaricensis , few eggs were present in the caecum, those present were undeveloped and tissues surrounding eggs contained numerous eosinophils and multinucleated giant cells; some eggs were undergoing mineralisation ( Tesh et al., 1973 ). Additional aberrant hosts of the parasite were the carnivorous coatimundi, Nasua narica, and the marmoset, Saguinus mystax ( Monge et al., 1978 ).…”

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Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review

Spratt

2015

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

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HighlightsTwenty-one species of Angiostrongylus are recognised from wildlife around the world.Details of hosts, life cycles, pathogenesis, geographical range are known for nine.Six species are spreading into new regions locally or globally.Two species, A. cantonensis and A. costaricensis, are zoonotic.A. mackerrasae, A. malaysiensis and A. siamensis are potentially zoonotic.Debilitating disease occurs in avian and mammalian wildlife and humans in Australia.

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“… Tesh et al. (1973) reported little or no inflammatory reaction to adults and eggs of A. costaricensis in moderately parasitised S. hispidus , L. adspersus , O. fulvescens and R. rattus .…”

Section: Impacts On Hosts – Pathology and Pathogenesismentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Host and Geographic Distribution Of Species Occurring In Wilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Impacts On Hosts – Pathology and Pathogenesismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review

Spratt

2015

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

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“…This developmental pathway is exempliﬁed by A. andersoni , A. dujardini , and A. schmidti ( Kinsella 1971 , Bhaibulaya 1975 , Mota & Lenzi 2005 , Spratt 2015 ). The resultant pathology has been described in species such as A. cantonensis , A. costaricensis , A. mackerrasae , A. morerai , A. sandarsae , A. schmidti , and A. siamensis ( Mackerras & Sandars 1955 , Alicata 1968 , Kinsella 1971 , Tesh et al 1973 , Ohbayashi et al 1979 , Mota & Lenzi 2005 , Robles et al 2012 ).…”

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New host, geographic records, and histopathologic studies ofAngiostrongylus spp (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) in rodents from Argentina with updated summary of records from rodent hosts and host specificity assessment

Robles

Kinsella²,

Galliari

et al. 2016

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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To date, 21 species of the genus Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) have been reported around the world, 15 of which are parasites of rodents. In this study, new host, geographic records, and histopathologic studies of Angiostrongylus spp in sigmodontine rodents from Argentina, with an updated summary of records from rodent hosts and host specificity assessment, are provided. Records of Angiostrongylus costaricensis from Akodon montensis andAngiostrongylus morerai from six new hosts and geographical localities in Argentina are reported. The gross and histopathologic changes in the lungs of the host species due to angiostrongylosis are described. Published records of the genus Angiostrongylus from rodents and patterns of host specificity are presented. Individual Angiostrongylusspecies parasitise between one-19 different host species. The most frequent values of the specificity index (STD) were between 1-5.97. The elevated number of host species (n = 7) of A. morerai with a STD = 1.86 is a reflection of multiple systematic studies of parasites from sigmodontine rodents in the area of Cuenca del Plata, Argentina, showing that an increase in sampling effort can result in new findings. The combination of low host specificity and a wide geographic distribution of Angiostrongylus spp indicates a troubling epidemiological scenario although, as yet, no human cases have been reported.

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“…A. costaricensis was first discovered in the mesenteric arteries of humans in Costa Rica in 1967 [ 7 , 45 ], followed by the description of adult worms in the rodent Sigmodon hispidus in 1971 [ 44 ]. A. costaricensis is now found from Texas [ 64 ] southward to Argentina [ 52 ], including Honduras [ 27 , 58 ], Venezuela [ 23 , 69 ], Mexico [ 70 ], Brazil [ 71 ], Colombia [ 35 ], Nicaragua [ 12 ], El Salvador [ 68 ], Ecuador [ 30 ], Guatemala [ 28 ], Panama [ 63 ], Peru, [ 60 ] and probably French Guiana [ 65 ]. The disease is a public health problem in South America, in particular in Costa Rica, where it affects 12/100,000 persons, with approximately 500 new cases each year [ 43 ].…”

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Angiostrongylus costaricensisinfection in Martinique, Lesser Antilles, from 2000 to 2017

et al. 2018

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Human abdominal angiostrongyliasis (HAA) is a parasitic disease caused by the accidental ingestion of the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis in its larval form. Human infection can lead to severe ischemic and inflammatory intestinal lesions, sometimes complicated by life-threatening ileal perforations. Only one case had been reported in Martinique, an Island in the French Antilles, in 1988. We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts of patients diagnosed with abdominal angiostrongyliasis at the University Hospital of Martinique between 2000 and 2017. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the incidence and perform a descriptive analysis of the clinical, biological, radiological, and histopathological features of HAA in Martinique. Two confirmed cases and two probable cases were identified in patients aged from 1 to 21 years during the 18-year period, with an estimated incidence of 0.2 cases per year (0.003 case/year/100.000 inhabitants (IC95% = 0.00–0.05)). All patients presented with abdominal pain associated with high blood eosinophilia (median: 7.24 G/L [min 4.25; max 52.28 G/L]). Two developed ileal perforation and were managed by surgery, with diagnostic confirmation based on histopathological findings on surgical specimens. The other two cases were probable, with serum specimens reactive to Angiostrongylus sp. antigen in the absence of surgery. All cases improved without sequelae. The description of this case series highlights the need to increase awareness of this life-threatening disease in the medical community and to facilitate access to specific diagnostic tools in Martinique. Environmental and epidemiological studies are needed to broaden our knowledge of the burden of this disease.

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Angiostrongylus Costaricensis in Panama

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Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review

Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review

New host, geographic records, and histopathologic studies ofAngiostrongylus spp (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) in rodents from Argentina with updated summary of records from rodent hosts and host specificity assessment

Angiostrongylus costaricensisinfection in Martinique, Lesser Antilles, from 2000 to 2017

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