[Health implications of the finding of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the main cause of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, in continental Europe (Valencia, Spain)]

Rev Esp Salud Publica. 2023 Nov 8:97:perspectiva31_fuentes_saez_bueno_galan.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract
in English, Spanish

The rat pulmonary artery nematode, Angiostrongylus cantonensis (discovered in rats from the province of Canton, southern China, in 1933 ) is the main cause in humans of what is known as eosinophilic meningoencephalitis (EEM), with around of 3,000 confirmed cases in various parts of the world.

El nematodo de las arterias pulmonares de las ratas, Angiostrongylus cantonensis (descubierto en ratas de la provincia de Cantón, en el sur de China, en 1933 es el principal responsable en el ser humano de la conocida como meningoencefalitis eosinofílica (MEE), con alrededor de 3.000 casos confirmados en diversas partes del mundo.

Keywords: Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis; Rat pulmonary artery nematode; Spain.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Angiostrongylus cantonensis*
  • Animals
  • Eosinophilia* / epidemiology
  • Eosinophilia* / etiology
  • Europe
  • Humans
  • Meningoencephalitis* / complications
  • Meningoencephalitis* / epidemiology
  • Nematode Infections* / complications
  • Rats
  • Spain / epidemiology

Supplementary concepts

  • Angiostrongyliasis