Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a metastrongyloid nematode found widely in the Asia-Pacific
region, and the aetiological agent of angiostrongyliasis; a disease characterized by …

Apple snails (Ampullariidae) are among the largest and most ecologically important
freshwater snails. The introduction of multiple species has reinvigorated the field and …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Background Snail-borne parasitic diseases, such as angiostrongyliasis, clonorchiasis,
fascioliasis, fasciolopsiasis, opisthorchiasis, paragonimiasis and schistosomiasis, pose risks …

The nematode parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) has a complex life cycle
involving rats (definitive hosts) and gastropods (intermediate hosts), as well as various …

Neuroangiostrongyliasis (NAS) is an emerging parasitic disease caused by the neurotropic
nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Since it was first discovered, in rats in southern …

Human angiostrongylosis is an emerging zoonosis caused by the larvae of three species of
metastrongyloid nematodes of the genus Angiostrongylus, with Angiostrongylus cantonensis …

Since 1955 snails of the Euglandina rosea species complex and Platydemus manokwari
flatworms were widely introduced in attempted biological control of giant African snails …

An ample variety of parasitic associations are found between mollusks and nematodes, in
which the mollusks may act as intermediate, paratenic or definitive hosts. Some free-living …

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the main etiological agent of eosinophilic meningitis, a
disease that often leads to severe neurological manifestations in mammals and birds. In …