Central nervous system infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in children: experience from Guangdong, China
Pediatric CNS angiostrongyliasis in Guangdong primarily affects rural children during summer-autumn. Clinical signs may be nonspecific. mNGS outperformed serology, especially in early or seronegative cases. Most patients had favorable short-term outcomes.
Authors
- Jiahao Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9050-9673)
- Yuan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6586-4350)
- Chi Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1505-6918)
- Huiling Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5590-7716)
- Bingwei Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4836-4076)
- Yiru Zeng
- Yanping Ran
- Yuanyuan Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2904-5021)
- Yani Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0222-8389)
- Yang Tian
- Xiaojing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1254-9119)
- Wenxiao Wu
- Haixia Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9536-9588)
- Wenlin Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6970-4722)
- Kelu Zheng
Institutions
- Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-12079-8
- Primary Topic
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00