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Culturing and Genetically Manipulating Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Published on: March 31, 2022
Neuroparasitic infections: nematodes
1Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA.
Abstract:
Globalization has produced an increase in the number of people at risk for contracting parasitic infection. Central nervous system infection by nematodal parasites can be devastating. Early recognition and treatment of infection can significantly decrease morbidity of the parasitic infection, as well as the risk of secondary superinfection. The clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment for five of the more common nematodal infections of the nervous system--Angiostrongylus spp., Baylisacaris procyonis, Gnathostoma spinigerum, Strongyloides stercoralis, and Toxocara spp.--is reviewed.
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