Neurological syndromes or diseases caused by parasites in tropical areas

Francisco J. Carod-Artal; Hector H. Garcia; Andrea S. Winkler; Daniel Ajzenberg

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804607-4.00018-6

Neurological syndromes or diseases caused by parasites in tropical areas

Francisco J. Carod-Artal
, Hector H. Garcia
, Andrea S. Winkler
, Daniel Ajzenberg

School of Science and Engineering

Raigmore Hospital
International University of Catalonia
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas
University of Oslo
Technical University of Munich
Faculté de Médecine de l’Université de Limoges

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Abstract

Parasitic diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are very uncommon in developed countries except in immunocompromised patients. Conversely, parasites are common and neglected causes of CNS disorders in the tropics, and the associated burden is considerable, especially in the poorest areas of America, Africa, and Asia. In this chapter, clinical and epidemiological data about the most common parasite infections involving the CNS in tropical areas, including neurocysticercosis, trypanosomiasis, cerebral malaria, schistosomiasis, toxoplasmosis, gnathostomiasis, and angiostrongylosis were are. The nodding syndrome and neurologic infections caused by free-living amebae are also included in this review because these diseases are considered to be emerging.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Neuroepidemiology in Tropical Health
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	233-246
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128046074
ISBN (Print)	9780128046258
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804607-4.00018-6
State	Published - 1 Jan 2017

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Angiostrongylosis
Central nervous system
Cysticercosis
Free-living amebae
Gnathostomiasis
Malaria
Nodding syndrome
Parasites
Schistosomiasis
Toxoplasmosis
Trypanosomiasis

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