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Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the Rat Lungworm: Biology, Distribution, Epidemiology, Detection, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management
Robert H. Cowie PhD

The Discovery of Humans in Hawai‘i Infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, and Early Epidemiological Findings
Gordon D. Wallace DVM, MPH

Biology, Systematics, Life Cycle, and Distribution of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the Cause of Rat Lungworm Disease
Robert H. Cowie PhD

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

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

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

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

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

Human Parasitic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Taiwan
Hung-Chin Tsai MD, PhD; Yao-Shen Chen MD; and Chuan-Min Yen PhD

Angiostrongyliasis in Thailand: Epidemiology and Laboratory Investigations
Praphathip Eamsobhana PhD

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

Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Epidemiology in the Continental United States and Hawai‘i
Sarah Y. Park MD and LeAnne M. Fox MD, MPH

Clinical Aspects of Eosinophilic Meningitis and Meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the Rat Lungworm
Gerald S. Murphy MD and Stuart Johnson MD

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

A Severe Case of Rat Lungworm Disease in Hawai‘i
Kathleen Howe BA

The Role of Eosinophils in Angiostrongyliasis: Multiple Roles for a Versatile Cell?
William L. Gosnell PhD and Kenton J. Kramer PhD

Differential Diagnosis of CNS Angiostrongyliasis: A Short Review
Vichai Senthong MD; Jarin Chindaprasirt MD; and Kittisak Sawanyawisuth MD, MAS, PhD

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

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

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

Pathways for Transmission of Angiostrongyliasis and the Risk of Disease Associated with Them
Robert H. Cowie PhD

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

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

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

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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