Parasitic infections of the nervous system: classification

Cestode infections

• Cerebral alveolar echinococcosis: caused by Echinococcus multilocularis
• Cerebral cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease): caused by Echinococcus granulosus
• Neurocysticercosis: caused by Taenia solium
• Neurosparganosis: caused by Spirometra mansoni
• Other cestodes: caused by Taenia multiceps

Trematode infections

Nematode infections

Protozoan infections

References

1. Finsterer J, Auer H. Parasitoses of the human central nervous system. J Helminthol 2013; 87:257-270.
2. Dzikowiec M, Góralska K, Błaszkowska J. Neuroinvasions caused by parasites. Ann Parasitol 2017; 63:243–253.

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