Neuroangiostrongyliasis: clinical features
Evidence-based neurology checklist on neuroangiostrongyliasis: clinical features: Biology It is caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis It is endemic in Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean The rat is the primary host The life cycle alternates between rats and snails or slugs Human…
Biology
- It is caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis
- It is endemic in Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean
- The rat is the primary host
- The life cycle alternates between rats and snails or slugs
- Human infection occurs by ingesting larvae in contaminated food
Food sources
Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis
Other neurological features
Differential diagnosis
References
- Long D, Green K, Derani T, Decker N, Pace RJ, Aburashed R. CNS-disseminated Angiostrongylus cantonensis mimicking atypical demyelinating disease. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2019; pii: e608.
- Graeff-Teixeira C, da Silva AC, Yoshimura K. Update on eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and its clinical relevance. Clin Microbiol Rev 2009; 22:322-348.
- Yang X, Hershkowitz M, Bashir A, McGlennen KM, Newby R, Marra C, Bender Ignacio R, Wahlster S. Angiostrongylus pachymeningitis and encephalitis with extensive parenchymal involvement and lack of CSF eosinophilia. Neurology 2024; 103:e209849.
