[Peculiarities of meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in America]. / Peculiaridades de la meningoencefalitis por Angiostrongylus cantonensis en América.

INTRODUCTION: 25 years ago was first reported in Cuba and in the western hemisphere an emergent disease: eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae. AIM: To collect in a summary form the accumulated experience and the findings of the study of this parasitosis during the period in the Western hemisphere. DEVELOPMENT AND CONCLUSIONS: There have been collected the first evidences, the parasitological and malacological findings, the experimental and molecular studies on immunology and neuroimmunology, the clinic-pathological findings in children and adults with the particularities of this diseases in our environment with special emphasis in the never-before scientific findings reported. It has been documented the testimony, the main findings among the malacological studies, the role of the immunoglobulin E and the mechanism involved in the central nervous system, the intrathecal synthesis patterns of immunoglobulins and the clinical elements in children and adults.

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

Introducción. Hace 25 años se informó por primera vez en Cuba y en el hemisferio occidental de la aparición deuna enfermedad emergente: la meningoencefalitis eosinofílica producida por larvas del helminto Angiostrongylus cantonensis.Objetivo. Recopilar de forma resumida la experiencia acumulada y los aportes al estudio de esta zoonosis realizados a lo largo de estos años en el hemisferio occidental. Desarrollo y conclusiones. Se recogen las evidencias iniciales, los aportes a la parasitología y la malacología, los estudios experimentales y moleculares en la esfera de la inmunología y la neuroinmunología, los hallazgos clinicopatológicos en niños y adultos enfermos con las particularidades de la enfermedad en nuestro medio, con especial acento en los aportes científicos nunca antes comunicados. Se documentan el testimonio, los principalesaportes y hallazgos, entre los cuales se encuentran los estudios malacológicos, el papel de la inmunoglobulina E y los mecanismos involucrados en el sistema nervioso central, los patrones de síntesis intratecal de inmnoglobulinas y los elementos clínicos que brinda en niños y adultos(AU)

Introduction. 25 years ago was first reported in Cuba and in the western hemisphere an emergent disease: eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae. Aim. To collect in a summary form the accumulated experience and the findings of the study of this parasitosis during the period in the Western hemisphere. Development and conclusions. There have been collected the first evidences, the parasitological and malacological findings, the experimental and molecular studies on immunology and neuroimmunology, the clinic pathological findings in children and adults with theparticularities of this diseases in our environment with special emphasis in the never-before scientific findings reported. It has been documented the testimony, the main findings among the malacological studies, the role of the immunoglobulin E and the mechanism involved in the central nervous system, the intrathecal synthesis patterns of immunoglobulins and the clinicalelements in children and adults(AU)

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

25 years ago was first reported in Cuba and in the western hemisphere an emergent disease: eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae, Aim, To collect in a summary form the accumulated experience and the findings of the study of this parasitosis during the period in the Western hemisphere, Development and conclusions, There have been collected the first evidences, the parasitological and malacological findings, the experimental and molecular studies on immunology and neuroimmunology, the clinic-pathological findings in children and adults with the particularities of this diseases in our environment with special emphasis in the never-before scientific findings reported; It has been documented the testimony, the main findings among the malacological studies, the role of the immunoglobulin E and the mechanism involved in the central nervous system, the intrathecal synthesis patterns of immunoglobulins and the clinical elements in children and adults(AU)

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

Hace 25 años se informó por primera vez en Cuba y en el hemisferio occidental de la aparición de una enfermedad emergente: la meningoencefalitis eosinofílica producida por larvas del helminto Angiostrongylus cantonensis.Objetivo. Recopilar de forma resumida la experiencia acumulada y los aportes al estudio de esta zoonosis realizados a lo largo de estos años en el hemisferio occidental. Desarrollo y conclusiones. Se recogen las evidencias iniciales, los aportes a la parasitología y la malacología, los estudios experimentales y moleculares en la esfera de la inmunología y la neuroinmunología, los hallazgos clinicopatológicos en niños y adultos enfermos con las particularidades de la enfermedad en nuestro medio, con especial acento en los aportes científicos nunca antes comunicados. Se documentan el testimonio, los principalesaportes y hallazgos, entre los cuales se encuentran los estudios malacológicos, el papel de la inmunoglobulina E y los mecanismos involucrados en el sistema nervioso central, los patrones de síntesis intratecal de inmnoglobulinas y los elementos clínicosque brinda en niños y adultos

25 years ago was first reported in Cuba and in the western hemisphere an emergent disease: eosinophilicmeningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae. Aim. To collect in a summary form the accumulatedexperience and the findings of the study of this parasitosis during the period in the Western hemisphere. Development and conclusions. There have been collected the first evidences, the parasitological and malacological findings, the experimentaland molecular studies on immunology and neuroimmunology, the clinic-pathological findings in children and adults with the particularities of this diseases in our environment with special emphasis in the never-before scientific findings reported. It hasbeen documented the testimony, the main findings among the malacological studies, the role of the immunoglobulin E and the mechanism involved in the central nervous system, the intrathecal synthesis patterns of immunoglobulins and the clinicalelements in children and adults