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The number of human cases of zoonotic filariasis is increasing across industrialized countries (1). In particular, a major zoonotic potential has been recently recognized for Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens [...]

Onchocerca lupi is a zoonotic parasite capable of infecting dogs, cats, and humans. Human infection was first suspected in 2002, when a case of human subconjunctival filariasis was found to [...]

The campaign to eradicate Dracunculus medinensis infection (Guinea worm disease) has helped 17 of 21 countries interrupt transmission (1). Endemic transmission of Guinea worm disease typically occurred via contamination of [...]

The global campaign to eradicate dracunculiasis (or Guinea worm disease [GWD]), which began at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1980 and has been led by the [...]

Results demonstrate that three Cyclospora parasitic species isolated from primates and a human infecting species together can be classified into a homogeneous single group intermediate between avian and mammalian Eimeria. Data elucidate the taxonomic position of Cyclospora in relation to other coccidian parasites., In recent years, human cyclosporiasis has emerged as an important infection, with large outbreaks in the United States and Canada. Understanding the biology and epidemiology of Cyclospora has been difficult [...]

Baylisascaris procyonis, the common intestinal roundworm of raccoons, has increasingly been recognized as a source of severe, often fatal, neurologic disease in humans, particularly children (1,2). Although this devastating disease [...]

The peculiar epidemiology of Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), the causative agent of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), in Chad has led to speculation that a paratenic host is involved in the [...]

We describe a pilot study that attempted to infect human volunteers with Cyclospora cayetanensis. Seven healthy volunteers ingested an inoculum of Cyclospora oocysts (approximately 200-49,000 oocysts). The volunteers did not [...]

After an outbreak in 2000 of eosinophilic meningitis in tourists to Jamaica, we looked for Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats and snails on the island. Overall, 22% (24/109) of rats harbored [...]

To the Editor: More than a decade has passed since major outbreaks of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection in the United States and Canada drew attention to this newly emerging infection (1,2). [...]

To the Editor: The article by Foissac et al. titled Subcutaneous infection with Dirofilaria immitis nematode in human, France (1) presents an interesting and challenging diagnostic dilemma. The paper described, [...]

To the Editor: In the past 20 years, Baylisascaris procyonis, the common intestinal roundworm of raccoons, has increasingly been recognized as a source of severe human neurologic disease that particularly [...]

To the Editor: Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis worldwide (1). The parasite's presence has been well documented in Jamaica in rats (definitive host) and a [...]

Judith S. Heelan ASM Press, Washington, DC ISBN: 1-55581-296-1 Pages: 243, Price: US$59.95 This compact, glossy, paperbound text contains 62 cases in 5 sections: 1) Intestinal Protozoa, II) Blood and [...]

Baylisascaris procyonis, the raccoon roundworm responsible for fatal larva migrans in humans, has long been thought to be absent from many regions in the southeastern United States. During spring 2002, [...]