First report of a possible abdominal Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a French expatriate in the French Amazon
J Travel Med
.
2023 Feb 18;30(1):taac146.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac146.
Authors
Anissa Desmoulin
1
,
Alessia Melzani
1
,
Céline Dard
2
,
Mathieu Nacher
3
,
Félix Djossou
1
,
Mohamed Kinan Drak Alsibai
4
,
Loïc Epelboin
1
3
Affiliations
1
Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CH de Cayenne, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana.
2
Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Laboratory, Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS), La Tronche, France.
3
CIC Antilles Guyane - Inserm 1424 CH de Cayenne, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana.
4
Laboratoire d'anatomopathologie, CH de Cayenne, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana.
PMID:
36495184
DOI:
10.1093/jtm/taac146
No abstract available
Keywords:
Angiostrongylus costaricensis; French Guiana; traveller; worms.
MeSH terms
Abdomen
Angiostrongylus*
Animals
Humans
Strongylida Infections*
Supplementary concepts
Angiostrongyliasis