Talk:Angiostrongyliasis

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Unwashed fruits and veggies

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There is a part about the importance of washing fruits and vegetables, but there is no source explaining why this is necessary to avoid the infection. Besides, I can't see the parallels of risk between eating raw slugs/snails and not washing or cooking a bell pepper for supper. NowIsntItTime^{(chats)(doings)} 05:28, 18 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hello, the issue is that small slugs and snails, live or dead, can be present on unwashed produce and transmit the pathogenic larvae if the produce is consumed raw. There is some concern about transmission through residual mollusk slime, which was not believed to be a major transmission route,^{[A 1]} although recent research indicates that stressed snails with the parasite can release considerable amounts of larvae into their slime.^{[A 2]}

^ Yeung NW, Hayes KA, Cowie RH (2013). "Effects of Washing Produce Contaminated with the Snail and Slug Hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis with Three Common Household Solutions". Hawaiʻi Journal of Medicine & Public Health. 72 (6S2): 83–86. PMC 3689494. PMID 23901391.
^ Rollins RL, Medeiros MC, Cowie RH (2023). "Stressed snails release Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) larvae in their slime". One Health. 17. doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100658. PMC 10728333. PMID 38116454. Art. No. 100658.

Tsarivan613 (talk) 15:25, 5 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Needs expansion

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This article could include information about abdominal angiostrongyliasis, which is caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis.^{[B 1]}

^ Rodriguez R, Mora J, Solano-Barquero A, Graeff-Teixeira C, Rojas A (2023). "A practical guide for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis". Parasites & Vectors. 16. doi:10.1186/s13071-023-05757-6. PMC 10148430. PMID 37120597. Art. No. 155.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

Tsarivan613 (talk) 14:55, 5 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Add topic

[1] Yeung NW, Hayes KA, Cowie RH (2013). "Effects of Washing Produce Contaminated with the Snail and Slug Hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis with Three Common Household Solutions". Hawaiʻi Journal of Medicine & Public Health. 72 (6S2): 83–86. PMC 3689494. PMID 23901391.

[2] Rollins RL, Medeiros MC, Cowie RH (2023). "Stressed snails release Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) larvae in their slime". One Health. 17. doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100658. PMC 10728333. PMID 38116454. Art. No. 100658.

[3] Rodriguez R, Mora J, Solano-Barquero A, Graeff-Teixeira C, Rojas A (2023). "A practical guide for the diagnosis of abdominal angiostrongyliasis caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis". Parasites & Vectors. 16. doi:10.1186/s13071-023-05757-6. PMC 10148430. PMID 37120597. Art. No. 155.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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