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Parastrongylus cantonensis in a nonhuman primate, Florida

Michael S Duffy et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

Parastrongylus (= Angiostrongylus) cantonensis is a parasitic nematode of Norway rats throughout tropical regions. This parasite is neurotropic and causes disease and death in humans and other mammals. We report the first identification of P. cantonensis as the cause of a debilitating neurologic disease in a captive primate in Florida.

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Figure 1

Hematoxylin and eosin–stained sections of Parastrongylus cantonensis in the parenchyma of the cervical spinal cord of a gibbon (Hylobates lar) from Florida (A). Enlarged image of inset from panel A (B).

Figure 2

Morphologic features of a male nematode recovered from the central nervous system of a gibbon (Hylobates lar). The characteristics used for specific identification of Parastrongylus cantonensis were the presence of a bursa (b), a gubernaculum (g), and the size of spicules (s).

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