Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid

Hossain, Mehrab E; Kennedy, Karina J.; Wilson, Heather L.; Spratt, David; Koehler, Anson; Gasser, Robin B.; Šlapeta, Jan; Hawkins, Carolyn A.; Bandi, Hari Priya; Senanayake, Sanjaya N.

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Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid

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9 2023
By Hossain, Mehrab E ; Kennedy, Karina J. ; Wilson, Heather L. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Hossain, Mehrab E ; Kennedy, Karina J. ; Wilson, Heather L. ; Spratt, David ; Koehler, Anson ; Gasser, Robin B. ; Šlapeta, Jan ; Hawkins, Carolyn A. ; Bandi, Hari Priya ; Senanayake, Sanjaya N.
Description:

We describe a case in Australia of human neural larva migrans caused by the ascarid Ophidascaris robertsi, for which Australian carpet pythons are definitive hosts. We made the diagnosis after a live nematode was removed from the brain of a 64-year-old woman who was immunosuppressed for a hypereosinophilic syndrome diagnosed 12 months earlier.
Subjects:

Animals Ascaridoidea Brain Female Humans Immunocompromised Host Larva Migrans Middle Aged
Keywords:

Australia Brain Lesion Eosinophilia Helminth Human Nematode Ophidascaris Ophidascaris Robertsi Parasites Python Zoonoses
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(9):1900-1903
Pubmed ID:

37610238
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC10461669
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Journal Article
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Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Australia
Volume:

29
Issue:

9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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