Fig 1.
Ac: Angiostrongylus cantonensis; CSF: Cerebrospinal fluid; PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction. * Eosinophilic meningitis: ≥ 10 eosinophils /mm3 in CSF or ≥10% WBC). ** Meningitis: ≥ 10 WBC in CSF.
Fig 2.
Amplification curves of six patients positive by Polymerase Chain Reaction and the positive control.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the 14 children with nervous angiostrongyliasis and comparison with the 3 main available paediatric series in the literature.
Table 2.
Characteristics of the 14 patients with Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection.
Table 3.
Comparison of dead and alive children 1 year after A. cantonensis infection.
Fig 3.
Map of the island of Mayotte representing the number and location of occurrence of the cases of angiostrongyliasis and the pluviometry curves.
Figure 3 was created using Illustrator CS5 (Adobe Systems, Inc.).
Fig 4.
Monthly repartition of the cases and average pluviometry.
Table 4.
Number of Achatina fulica (African Giant Snail) positive to Angiostrongylus cantonensis with real time PCR and number of collected snails in the place of residence of every sick child.