Difference between revisions of "Angiostrongylus cantonensis"

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Rats
Cause of encephalomyelitis in man and dogs
Intermediate host - gian African snail - Achatina fulica.
Infection occurs when eating the raw paaratenic host (either the snails, or slugs and freshwater prawns)

Angiostrongylus vasorum live in pulmonary arteries of dogs

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+*Rats
-{{Taxobox
+*Cause of encephalomyelitis in man and dogs
-|name               =''Angiostrongylus cantonensis
+*Intermediate host - gian African snail - Achatina fulica.
-|kingdom            =
+*Infection occurs when eating the raw paaratenic host (either the snails, or slugs  and freshwater prawns)
-|phylum             =
-|class              =[[Nematodes|Nematoda]]
-|sub-class          =
-|order              =
-|super-family       = [[:Category: Metastrongyloidea|Metastrongyloidea]]
-|family             = [[:Category: Angiostrongylidae|Angiosltrongylidae]]
-|sub-family         =
-|genus              =
-|species            =
-}}
-Also known as: '''''Parastrongylus cantonensis
+*''Angiostrongylus vasorum'' live in [[Respiratory Parasitic Infections - Pathology#Angiostrongylus vasorum|pulmonary arteries]] of dogs
-==Hosts==
+[[Category:Angiostrongylidae]][[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]]
-'''Intermediate hosts''': Molluscs.
-'''Definitive hosts''': Rats and humans.
-==Identification==
-''A. cantonensis'' is a parasite of the superfamily ''[[:Category:Metastrongyloidea|Metastrongyloidea]]''. Females have white tubules spiralling around the blood-filled intestine.
-==Life Cycle==
-The adult female worms lay eggs within the pulmonary arteries.  The eggs hatch and go into the alveoli. They are then coughed up and swallowed, where they are later past out in the faeces. The L1 are ingested by the intermediate host, the mollusc.  Infection of the definitive host is by ingestion of the mollusc infected with the L3 larvae. The larvae then enter the digestive tract.
-{{Learning
-|literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?rowId=1&options1=AND&q1=title%3A%28%22Angiostrongylus+cantonensis%22%29+&occuring1=freetext&rowId=2&options2=AND&q2=&occuring2=freetext&rowId=3&options3=AND&q3=&occuring3=freetext&publishedstart=2000&publishedend=yyyy&calendarInput=yyyy-mm-dd&la=any&it=any&show=all&x=54&y=10 ''Angiostrongylus cantonensis'' publications since 2000]
-}}
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-[[Category:Angiostrongylidae]]
-[[Category:Expert_Review]]

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