Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Parasitic worm found in uncooked molluscs, shellfish 2 Minimum effective dose... 

Antigen to Angiostrongylus cantonensis circulating fifth- stage worms 2004 C Factor 100-1000 IPCR 0.1 ng/L Chye et al. [64]... 

Chye SM, Lin SR, Chen YL, Chung LY, Yen CM. Immuno-PCR for detection of antigen to Angiostrongylus cantonensis circulating fifth-stage worms. Clin Chem 2004 50 (1) 51—57. 

The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, was removed by 200 mg/kg doses of thiabendazole. 

So NNC, Wong PCL, Ko RC (1992) Precursors of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis for gravid Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda Metastrongyloidea). Int J Parasitol 22 427 33 Spector T (1978) Refinement of the coomassie blue method of protein quantitation. Anal Biochem 86 142-146... 

Maki, J. and Yanagisawa, T. (1986) Demonstration of carboxyl and thiol protease activities in adult Schistosoma mansoni, Dirofilaria immitis, Angiostrongylus cantonensis and Ascaris suum. J. Helminthol. 60 31-37. 

Angiostrongylosis - Levo-tetramisole has been shown to effect reductions in numbers of migrating larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats l but neither it nor thiabendazole, the only other drug shown to be active in this infection, is reported to have been tested in man. 

---