An Outbreak of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused byAngiostrongylus cantonensisin Travelers Returning from the Caribbean
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- 28 February 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 346 (9), 668-675
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa012462
Abstract
Outbreaks of eosinophilic meningitis caused by the roundworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis are rarely reported, even in regions of endemic infection such as Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin. We report an outbreak of A. cantonensis meningitis among travelers returning from the Caribbean.Keywords
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