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. 1990 Jan;42(1):70-4.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1990.42.70.

Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis as the cause of death in captive non-human primates

C H Gardiner  1 , S Wells, A E Gutter, L Fitzgerald, D C Anderson, R K Harris, D K Nichols
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Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis as the cause of death in captive non-human primates

C H Gardiner et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1990 Jan.

Abstract

Fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis is reported in captive non-human primates. A howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) at the Audubon Park and Zoological Gardens, New Orleans, LA, died 21 days after initial clinical symptoms. A white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) died at the Ardastra Gardens and Zoo, Nassau, Bahamas, 17 days after onset of symptoms. Both had access to free-ranging gastropods within the zoos. These are the first reported cases of natural infection by A. cantonensis in non-human primates in the western hemisphere.

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