Infection, other than bacterial, including HIVpARAS

Inès Yoro Zohoun (1) , Salmane Amidou (1) , Jaime Luna (1) , Pierre-Marie Preux (1, 2, 3)

1 NET - Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale
2 SIME - Service de l'Information Médicale et de l'Évaluation [CHU Limoges]
3 Laboratoire de Biostatistique et d'Informatique Médicale

Parasitic infections are common causes of neurological disorders in the tropics, especially in the poorest areas of America, Africa, and Asia. In developed countries, they are uncommon except in immunocompromised patients. The WHO considers several parasite infections as neglected tropical diseases. They prevail in tropîcal and subtropical conditions and can cause severe illness, but limited resources have been devoted to better understanding their impact and burden. Parasites can invade the central and peripheral nervous system, directly or by other mechanisms (immunological in particular) and cause neurological symptoms. Human parasites are classified in helminthiases and protozoans. Helminthias include the nematodoses (roundworms), cestodoses (flat-tapeworms) and trematodoses (flat-flukes). Prozoans include the amoebas, flagellates, foraminiferans and ciliates.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Inès Yoro Zohoun, Salmane Amidou, Jaime Luna, Pierre-Marie Preux. Infection, other than bacterial, including HIVpARAS. Oxford University Press. Oxford Textbook of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology, 37, Carol Brayne, Valery Feigin, Lenore Launer, Giancarlo Logroscino, pp.387-395, 2020, 9780198749493. ⟨hal-02927440⟩