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Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections > Central Nervous System Helminthiasis > Neuroschistosomiasis
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections > Central Nervous System Helminthiasis > Neuroschistosomiasis
Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections > Central Nervous System Helminthiasis > Neuroschistosomiasis
... > Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Helminthiasis > Trematode Infections > Schistosomiasis > Neuroschistosomiasis
Infections > Vector Borne Diseases > Schistosomiasis > Neuroschistosomiasis

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Neuroschistosomiasis  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • SCHISTOSOMIASIS of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges caused by infections with trematodes of the genus SCHISTOSOMA (primarily SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; and SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM in humans). S. japonicum infections of the nervous system may cause an acute meningoencephalitis or a chronic encephalopathy. S. mansoni and S. haematobium nervous system infections are associated with acute transverse myelitis involving the lower portions of the spinal cord. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch27, pp61-2)

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Entry terms

  • Central Nervous System Schistosomiasis
  • Schistosomiasis, Central Nervous System

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M369W8D1-S

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