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Parasitic Disease
Research conducted at J. Erhu and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about parasitic disease
March 25th, 2008
" Angiostrongyliasis cantonensis is a worldwide-existing parasitic disease. However, the relevant reports on its radiological appearances are limited," investigators in Beijing, People's Republic of China report. "In this study, we investigated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in a group of consecutive patients caused by human infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis after eating freshwater snails. We performed brain MR imaging on 74 patients with angiostrongyliasis cantonensis. The scanner was a 0.5T unit. For each patient MR pulse sequences of SE T1 -weighted image (T1WI) and FSE T2-weighted image (T2WI) were used. After...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-03-25)
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