Central nervous system manifestations of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection

YC Martins, HB Tanowitz, KR Kazacos - Acta tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
Over 20 species of Angiostrongylus have been described from around the world, but only
Angiostrongylus cantonensis has been confirmed to cause central nervous system disease …

[HTML][HTML] Intrathecal activation as a typical immune response within the central nervous system in angiostrongyliasis

B Padilla-Docal, I Iglesias-González… - The American journal …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic pathogen that occasionally causes human
angiostrongyliasis; its main clinical manifestation is eosinophilic meningitis. This report …

Quantitation of intrathecal immunoglobulin synthesis–a new empirical formula

M Auer, H Hegen, A Zeileis… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Intrathecal immunoglobulin (Ig) synthesis occurs in various
chronic inflammatory neurological diseases. Different formulae have been developed for …

[HTML][HTML] Angiostrongylus cantonensis: un parásito emergente en Ecuador

LF Solórzano Álava, L Martini Robles… - Revista Cubana de …, 2014 - scielo.sld.cu
Resumen SOLORZANO ALAVA, Luis Fernando et al. Angiostrongylus cantonensis: un
parásito emergente en Ecuador. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2014, vol. 66, n. 1, pp. 20 …

[HTML][HTML] First evidence of angiostrongyliasis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles

C Dard, JE Piloquet, Y Qvarnstrom… - The American journal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infection by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis represents the most common
cause of infectious eosinophilic meningitis in humans, causing central nervous system …

[HTML][HTML] First cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection reported in Martinique, 2002–2017

C Dard, E Tessier, D Nguyen, L Epelboin, D Harrois… - Parasite, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neuroangiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by the accidental ingestion of the
nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis in its larval form. Human infection can lead to …

Diagnóstico neuroinmunológico de meningoencefalitis eosinofílica producida por Angiostrongylus cantonensis

A Ramo Robledo, AJ Dorta Contreras - Revista Cubana de …, 2019 - scielo.sld.cu
El diagnóstico de la meningoencefalitis por Angiostrongylus cantonensis se establece por la
presencia de las larvas del helminto en el líquido cefalorraquídeo, pero esta evidencia es …

Benefits and risks of IgA in immunoglobulin preparations

UE Nydegger, W Fierz, L Risch - Transfusion and Apheresis Science, 2012 - Elsevier
The case of Immunoglobulin A (IgA) in transfusion medicine is unsettled: on one hand IgA is
an important component of adaptive immunity and its deficiency may cause disease, on the …

Meningoencefalitis eosinofílica por Angiostrongylus cantonensis y variables meteorológicas

AJ Dorta-Contreras, A Ramos-Plasencia… - Revista Habanera de …, 2015 - scielo.sld.cu
Introducción: Angiostrogylus cantonensis es un helminto que vive en las arterias
pulmonares de dos especies de ratas: Rattus rattus y Rattus norvergicus. El hombre es un …

Particularidades de la meningoencefalitis eosinofílica en la era del caracol gigante africano

LM Leyva-Hernández, C Meijides-Mejías… - Revista Cubana de …, 2020 - scielo.sld.cu
Introducción: la meningoencefalitis eosinofílica es una enfermedad inflamatoria infecciosa
reportada en Cuba desde la década de los ochenta del siglo pasado y actualmente …