[3 cases of human syngamiasis in Guadeloupe].
The authors report the 3 first cases of human syngamosis due to Mammomonogamus sp. in La Guadeloupe (French West Indies). After a review of the papers published on the previous 79 world-wide cases, they point out that this parasitic disease is restricted to the West Indies/South America area, and discuss the problem of the contamination mode; they claim that chronic cough is a constant signal symptom which suggests syngamosis in subjects who are native from, or have travelled in the endemic area.
Cunnac
M
M
Service de Pneumologie, CH de Pointe-à-Pitre, La Guadeloupe.
Magnaval
J F
JF
Cayarci
D
D
Leophonte
P
P
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014900:West Indies
A propos de 3 cas de syngamose humaine en Guadeloupe.