Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid

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

doi:10.3201/eid2909.230351

Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1900-1903
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	29
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230351
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023

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