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Parasite
Volume 2, Number 2, June 1995
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Page(s) | 173 - 176 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1995022173 | |
Published online | 26 September 2014 |
Note de recherche
A new zoonosis of the cerebrospinal fluid of man probably caused by Meningonema peruzzii, a filaria of the central nervous system of Cercopithecidae
La méningonémose, nouvelle zoonose filarienne du liquide céphalorachidien de l'homme, due probablement à Meningonema peruzzi, parasite du systeme nerveux central des Cercopithecidae
1
Antenne ORSTOM auprès du Centre Pasteur, BP 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
2
Laboratoire de Biologie parasitaire, CNRS URA 114, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, F-75231 Paris cedex.
3
CERMES, Niamey. Niger.
Accepted: 13 April 1995
A female fourth stage larva of Meningonema, probably of M. peruzzii Orihel et Esslinger, 1973, was recovered in Cameroon, from the cerebtospinal fluid of a patient harbouring Loa loa, but without any neurological signs. This observation is the first human case of Meningonema (Filatioidea Splendidofilatiinae) which usually parasitizes the central nervous system of African Cercopithecinae. However, as indicated by Orihel and Esslinger, it seems probable that the perstans- like microfilariae described in cases of cerebral filariasis in Zimbabwe belonged to the same species.
Résumé
Un 4e stade larvaire femelle de Meningonema, probablement de M. petuzzii Orihel et Esslinger, 1973, a été récolté, au Cameroun, dans le liquide céphalorachidien d'un malade, porteur de Loa loa, mais n'ayant aucun trouble neurologique. Cette observation constitue le premier cas humain de Meningonema (Filaire Splendidofilariinae) qui est normalement parasite des méninges des Singes Cercopithecinae. Cependant il est probable, ainsi qu'il a été indiqué par Orihel et Esslinger, que les microfilaires de type perstans décrites dans des cas d'encéphalite cérébrale au Zimbabwe puissent être rattachées à cette espèce.
Key words: zoonosis / Meningonema peruzzii / Splendidofilariinae / cerebrospinal fluid / Cameroon
Mots clés : zoonose / Meningonema peruzzii / Splendidofilariinae / LCR / Cameroun
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