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Angiostrongylus costaricensis

Known as: American rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis 
National Institutes of Health

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2015
2015
Intravascular nematodes were considered the cause of death of 14 captive callitrichids. All animals were captive born at zoos in… 
2014
2014
The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a rat lungworm, a zoonotic pathogen which causes a global, emerging infectious… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
INTRODUCTION Abdominal angiostrongyliasis caused by the filiform nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis, is an endemic disease in… 
2001
2001
Effects of the anthelmintics, pyrantel and levamisole, on egg development of Angiostrongylus costaricensis were studied in vitro… 
1999
1999
Several density gradients were tested for the isolation of parasitic nematode, Angiostrongylus costaricensis, first-stage larvae… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Angiostrongylus costaricensis was discovered by Morera and Céspedes in 1971, in a man suffering from an abdominal syndrome. Upon… 
1981
1981
Adult Sigmodon hispidus, were given 50 third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus costaricensis orally, intraperitoneally… 
1977
1977
Three groups of cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) were infected with Angiostrongylus costaricensis; the first was inoculated by…