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To the Editor: Eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis is widespread in the Pacific basin and has been reported in Cuba, Réunion, and the Ivory Coast.¹ To our knowledge, however, no human infection with A. cantonensis has been reported in North America to date. We report a case of autochthonous A. cantonensis infection in a child in New Orleans.

An 11-year-old boy presented to Children's Hospital in New Orleans on June 24, 1993, with myalgia (which he had had for seven days), headache, low-grade fever, vomiting (for six days), and a stiff neck (for five days). He had always lived . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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