Open AccessParasitic Infections of the Nervous System
Author(s) -
Héctor H. Garcı́a
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
continuum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.989
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1538-6899
pISSN - 1080-2371
DOI - 10.1212/con.0000000000000986
Subject(s) - neurocysticercosis , toxoplasmosis , malaria , cerebral malaria , encephalitis , immunology , helminthiasis , medicine , encephalopathy , disease , central nervous system , parasitic disease , nervous system , population , pathology , biology , environmental health , plasmodium falciparum , neuroscience , virus
This article reviews how parasites affect the human nervous system, with a focus on four parasitic infections of major public health importance worldwide, two caused by protozoa (malaria and toxoplasmosis) and two by helminths (neurocysticercosis and schistosomiasis).