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[Volume 72 No. 6 June 2013 Supplement 2]

[Download HJMPH_Jun13.Suppl2.pdf here]

Guest Editor’s Message:
Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the Rat Lungworm: Biology, Distribution, Epidemiology, Detection, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management


Robert H. Cowie PhD

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The Discovery of Humans in Hawai‘i Infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, and Early Epidemiological Findings

Gordon D. Wallace DVM, MPH

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Biology, Systematics, Life Cycle, and Distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the Cause of Rat Lungworm Disease

Robert H. Cowie PhD

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Definitive, Intermediate, Paratenic, and Accidental Hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and its Molluscan Intermediate Hosts in Hawai‘i

Jaynee R. Kim BS; Kenneth A. Hayes PhD; Norine W. Yeung PhD; and Robert H. Cowie PhD

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The Occurrence of the Rat Lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, in Nonindigenous Snails in the Gulf of Mexico Region of the United States

John L. Teem PhD; Yvonne Qvarnstrom PhD; Henry S. Bishop BS; Alexandre J. da Silva PhD; Jacoby Carter PhD; Jodi White-Mclean PhD; and Trevor Smith PhD

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Genetic Diversity of the Rat Lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the Major Cause of Eosinophilic Meningitis

Praphathip Eamsobhana PhD; Phaik Eem Lim PhD; and Hoi Sen Yong PhD

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Rat Lungworm Disease in Brazil

Silvana Carvalho Thiengo PhD; Raquel de Oliveira Simões MsC; Monica Ammon Fernandez PhD; and Arnaldo Maldonado Júnior PhD

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The Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata, a Novel Vector of the Rat Lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis: its Introduction, Spread, and Control in China

Ting-Bao Yang PhD; Zhong-Dao Wu MD, PhD; and Zhao-Rong Lun PhD

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Human Parasitic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Taiwan

Hung-Chin Tsai MD, PhD; Yao-Shen Chen MD; and Chuan-Min Yen PhD

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Angiostrongyliasis in Thailand: Epidemiology and Laboratory Investigations

Praphathip Eamsobhana PhD

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Rat Lungworm: An Emerging Zoonosis in Jamaica

Ralph D. Robinson PhD; Cecelia A. Waugh PhD; Cheridah D. Todd MPhil; Jacob Lorenzo-Morales PhD; and John F. Lindo PhD

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Epidemiology in the Continental United States and Hawai‘i

Sarah Y. Park MD and LeAnne M. Fox MD, MPH

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Clinical Aspects of Eosinophilic Meningitis and Meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the Rat Lungworm

Gerald S. Murphy MD and Stuart Johnson MD

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A Severe Case of Angiostrongylus Eosinophilic Meningitis with Encephalitis and Neurologic Sequelae in Hawai‘i

Edward Kwon MD; Tomas M. Ferguson MD; Sarah Y. Park MD; Augustina Manuzak MPH, PhD; Yvonne Qvarnstrom PhD; Stephen Morgan MSA; Paul Ciminera MD, MPH; and Gerald S. Murphy MD

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A Severe Case of Rat Lungworm Disease in Hawai‘i

Kathleen Howe BA

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The Role of Eosinophils in Angiostrongyliasis: Multiple Roles for a Versatile Cell?

William L. Gosnell PhD and Kenton J. Kramer PhD

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Differential Diagnosis of CNS Angiostrongyliasis: A Short Review

Vichai Senthong MD; Jarin Chindaprasirt MD; and Kittisak Sawanyawisuth MD, MAS, PhD

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The Current Status of Laboratory Diagnosis of Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infections in Humans Using Serologic and Molecular Methods

Patricia P. Wilkins PhD; Yvonne Qvarnstrom PhD; A. Christian Whelen PhD; Caitlin Saucier BS; Alexandre J. da Silva PhD; and Praphathip Eamsobhana MD

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Expression of Recombinant Antigenic Proteins from Angiostrongylus cantonensis: A Brief Report

Alessandra L. Morassutti PhD; Andrey Perelygin PhD; Keith Levert PhD; Seh-Ching Lin PhD; Yeuk-Mui Lee PhD; Alexandre J. da Silva PhD; Patricia P. Wilkins PhD; and Carlos Graeff-Teixeira PhD

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Detection of Rat Lungworm in Intermediate, Definitive, and Paratenic Hosts Obtained from Environmental Sources

Yvonne Qvarnstrom PhD; Henry S. Bishop BS; and Alexandre J da Silva PhD

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Pathways for Transmission of Angiostrongyliasis and the Risk of Disease Associated with Them

Robert H. Cowie PhD

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Control Measures for Slug and Snail Hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, with Special Reference to the Semi-slug Parmarion martensi

Robert G. Hollingsworth PhD; Kathleen Howe BA; and Susan I. Jarvi PhD

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Rat Lungworm Disease in Hawai‘i: Community Outreach and Education on the Island of Hawai‘i (the "Big Island")

Marlena Castro Dixon MS

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Telling Consumers, Gardeners, and Farmers about the Possible Risk of Rat Lungworm in the Local Food Supply in Hawai‘i

James R. Hollyer MS

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Effects of Washing Produce Contaminated with the Snail and Slug Hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis with Three Common Household Solutions

Norine W. Yeung PhD; Kenneth A. Hayes PhD; and Robert H. Cowie PhD

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