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Parasitic Infections of the Nervous System
- Source :
- Seminars in neurology. 39(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Parasitic infections of the central nervous system are much more common than suspected, although most infections are asymptomatic. For example, parasites like the ubiquitous protozoa Toxoplasma gondii or the nematode larvae Toxocara canis infect significant proportions of the human population. Other parasitic infections such as malaria and neurocysticercosis are widespread in developing countries and become major causes of neurological morbidity in these regions as well in immigrants and travelers. This article reviews parasitic pathogens causing neurological morbidity and mortality, including an extensive list of less common parasitic infections of the human nervous system.
- Subjects :
- Chagas disease
trypanosomiasis
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gnathostomiasis
Neurocysticercosis
Paragonimus
Acanthamoeba
morbidity
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections
Schistosoma japonicum
toxocariasis
0302 clinical medicine
Taenia solium
sparganosis
Trypanosoma brucei
Toxocara cati
Naegleria fowleri
parasitic infections
education.field_of_study
biology
Antiparasitic Agents
paragonimiasis
nervous system
neurocysticercosis
Toxocara canis
Cysticercosis
Schistosoma mansoni
head nodding syndrome
neurologic disease
Gnathostoma spinigerum
medicine.drug_formulation_ingredient
trichinosis
Strongyloidiasis
priority journal
Neurology
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
parasitosis
Schistosoma haematobium
cerebral malaria
Taenia multiceps
coenurosis
Paragonimus skrjabini
toxoplasmosis
Trypanosoma cruzi
Plasmodium falciparum
Population
malaria
Malaria, Cerebral
Toxoplasma gondii
Article
Balamuthia mandrillaris
Strongyloides stercoralis
03 medical and health sciences
angiostrongyliasis
Paragonimus westermani
schistosomiasis
parasitic diseases
medicine
Humans
human
strongyloidiasis
Spirometra
education
Paragonimus mexicanus
Trichinella spiralis
nodding syndrome
Echinococcus granulosus
business.industry
cysticercosis
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
central nervous system
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
mortality
Toxoplasmosis
echinococcosis
Immunology
Echinococcus multilocularis
Neurology (clinical)
business
Trypanosomiasis
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10989021
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Seminars in neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....547a37251fb5d9ad2b3ad5cd12843b32