Peculiarities of meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in America;Peculiaridades de la meningoencefalitis por Angiostrongylus cantonensis en América

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 755-763

  Dorta Contreras, Alberto Juan ^a   Nunez Fernandez F A ^b   Perez Martin O ^c   Lastre Gonzalez M ^c   Magraner Tarrau, M E ^d   Bu Coifiu Fanego R ^a   Noris Garcia E ^a   Padilla Docal, B ^a   Interian Morales M T ^d   Martinez Delgado J F ^f   Sanchez Zulueta E ^e  

^a Fac Cie Med Dr Miguel Enriquez   (Cuba)

^b Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri   (Cuba)

^c FINLAY INSTITUTE   (Cuba)

^d Hospital Pediátrico San Miguel del Padrón   (Cuba)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO GENERAL CALIXTO GARCÍA   (Cuba)

^f Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas de Villa Clara   (Cuba)

Author keywords

America; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Autochthonous mollusks; IgE; IgG subclasses; Intrathecal synthesis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 37549007645     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4512.2007393     Document Type: Review

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