Biological invaders are threats to human health: an overview

G Mazza, E Tricarico, P Genovesi… - Ethology Ecology & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive alien species are one of the major agents of human-accelerated global change:
they threaten biodiversity, alter ecosystem structure, functions and services, inflict large …

Magnetic resonance imaging of infectious meningitis and ventriculitis in adults

S Hazany, JL Go, M Law - Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Magnetic resonance imaging findings of meningitis are usually nonspecific with respect to
the causative pathogen because the brain response to these insults is similar in most cases …

Angiostrongylus cantonensis eosinophilic meningitis: a clinical study of 42 consecutive cases in French Polynesia

E Oehler, F Ghawche, A Delattre, A Berberian… - Parasitology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction In endemic areas, eosinophilic meningitis is mainly caused by Angiostrongylus
cantonensis. We describe a series of this poorly-known condition. Methods Retrospective …

A transcriptomic analysis on gene expressions in the infective third and pathogenic fifth larval stages of Angiostrongylus cantonensis

SH Chang, P Tang, CM Yen, KPN Chow… - Parasitology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Although Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasite of rats, it is an important etiologic agent
of eosinophilic meningitis and eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans. This study was …

Communicating hydrocephalus following eosinophilic meningitis is pathogenic for chronic Viliuisk encephalomyelitis in northeastern Siberia

A Storch, J Kassubek, H Tumani, VA Vladimirtsev… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Viliuisk encephalomyelitis (VE) is an endemic neurological disease in
Northeast Siberia and generally considered to be a chronic encephalomyelitis of unknown …

Parasitic infections of the central nervous system

EMT Salvana, RA Salata, CH King - Aminoff's Neurology and General …, 2014 - Elsevier
Parasitic infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are a significant cause of morbidity
and mortality around the world. While the burden of disease remains concentrated in …

Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China

J Wei, Z Wu - Treatment of Human Parasitosis in Traditional Chinese …, 2014 - Springer
Angiostrongylus cantonensis was first discovered in 1934 by Professor Chen Xintao and has
become an important emerging pathogen causing human angiostrongyliasis. Rats are …

Management of Infections in Pediatric Critical Care: Parasitic disease in the pediatric intensive care unit-A review of severe manifestations of pediatric parasitic …

JD Chaparro, JAD Leake - Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Parasitic diseases, previously thought to be the domain of developing nations only, are
being increasingly recognized as a significant source of morbidity/mortality in developed …

Parasitic disease in the pediatric intensive care unit-A review of severe manifestations of pediatric parasitic disease

JD Chaparro, JAD Leake - Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
Parasitic diseases, previously thought to be the domain of developing nations only, are
being increasingly recognized as a significant source of morbidity/mortality in developed …

Cerebrospinal fluid and intraocular cytology

RM Davila - Differential Diagnosis in Cytopathology Book and …, 2014 - books.google.com
Cerebrospinal fluid and intraocular cytology Page 202 Rosa M. Davila Outline ▪
Cerebrospinal fluid Bacterial meningitis Viral meningitis Fungal meningitis Parasitic …