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^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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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