Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid

Hossain, Mehrab E.; Kennedy, Karina J.; Wilson, Heather L.; Spratt, David; Koehler, Anson; Gasser, Robin B.; Šlapeta, Jan; Hawkins, Carolyn A.; Bandi, Hari Priya; Senanayake, Sanjaya N.

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Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid

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2023

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Senanayake, Sanjaya N.

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We describe a case in Australia of human neural larva migrans caused by the ascarid Ophidascaris robertsi, for which Australian carpet pythons are definitive hosts. We made the diagnosis after a live nematode was removed from the brain of a 64-year-old woman who was immunosuppressed for a hypereosinophilic syndrome diagnosed 12 months earlier.

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https://dspace-test.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/733748807

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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Article

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10.3201/eid2909.230351

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