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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 30(5), 1981, pp. 960-962
Copyright © 1981 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis in Cuba, Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis

J. E. Pascual, Roberto Planas Bouli AND Hector Aguiar
Department of Pediatrics, Instituto Superior de Cíencias Médicas, Havana, Hospital Pediátrico Guanabacoa, and Department of Helminthology, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Havana, Cuba

Five cases of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis presumed to be caused by the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, are reported from localities in or near Havana, Cuba. The first typical case occurred in 1973. Lungworms identified as A. cantonensis were found in rats from the same localities. The clinical picture in the Cuban cases, as in cases from other countries, is that of a self-limiting disease without apparent sequelae.

Accepted for publication May 11, 1981.




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