Organism(s) | Duration of eosinophilia | Incubation period | Main anatomic site(s) | Diagnosis | Geographic region(s) | |
Acute | Persistent | |||||
Angiostrongyliasis | ||||||
Angiostrongylus cantonensis | + | – | Mean 1 to 3 weeks; range 1 day to >6 weeks | CNS | Larvae in CSF | Southeast Asia, Pacific Basin, Africa, Caribbean, Central America |
Angiostrongylus costaricensis | + | – | Unknown | GI tract | Biopsy | Central and South America |
Anisakiasis | + | – | 5 to 7 days | GI tract | Visualize worm (emesis, endoscopy) | Japan, Europe |
Ascariasis | + | – | 2 to 3 weeks | GI tract, lung (acutely) | Eggs in stool | Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Western Pacific |
Baylisascariasis | + | – | 2 to 4 weeks | CNS, eye | Larvae in specimen | North America |
Clonorchiasis | + | + | 2 to 3 weeks | Hepatobiliary | Eggs in stool, serology | East Asia |
Dirofilariasis | + | Unknown | Lung | Biopsy | Worldwide | |
Echinococcus | + | + | Years or decades | Liver, lung | Ultrasound, serology | Worldwide |
Fascioliasis | + | + | 3 to 4 months to get to biliary tree | Hepatobiliary | Eggs in stool, serology | South America, Europe, Asia, Egypt |
Fasciolopsiasis | + | – | 3 months | GI tract | Eggs in stool | Southeast Asia, Far East |
Filarial worms | ||||||
Lymphatic filariasis (Brugia, Wuchereria) | + | + | 1 to 2 months | Blood, lymphatics | Mf in blood, serology, CFA | Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Southeast Asia (including India), Western Pacific |
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (a manifestation of lymphatic filariasis) | + | + | 1 month | Lung | Serology | Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Southeast Asia (including India), Western Pacific |
Loa loa | + | + | 12 months or more | Subcutaneous, eye | Mf in blood, worm extracted | Central/West Africa |
Mansonellosis | ||||||
Mansonella ozzardi | + | + | Unknown | Blood | Mf in blood | Latin America, Caribbean |
Mansonella perstans | + | + | Usually 5 to 8 months; range 1 to 24 months | Blood, body cavities | Mf in blood, adult in tissue | Sub-Saharan Africa, South America |
Mansonella streptocerca | + | + | Unknown | Skin, subcutaneous tissue | Mf in skin snips | Africa |
Onchocerca volvulus | + | + | Median 18 months (range 3 months to 3 years) | Skin, eye, subcutaneous tissue | Mf in skin snips, adults in nodules | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Gnathostomiasis | + | + | 24 to 48 hours for gastrointestinal disease; minimum of 3 weeks for cutaneous manifestations | Soft tissue | Serology, worm in specimen | Southeast Asia, Latin America |
Hookworm | + | + | 8 to 21 days | GI tract, lung (acutely) | Eggs in stool | Latin America, Sub-Saharan, Africa, Asia, Western Pacific |
Hymenolepiasis | + | + | 20 to 30 days | GI tract | Eggs in stool | Egypt, Sudan, Thailand, India, and Latin American countries |
Opisthorchiasis | + | + | 2 to 3 weeks | Hepatobiliary | Eggs in stool | Southeast Asia, former Soviet Union |
Paragonimiasis | + | + | 2 to 20 days | Lung, CNS, subcutaneous | Eggs in sputum, BAL, stool | United States (Paragonimus kellicotti); Southeast Asia, Central/West Africa, Latin America (non-kellicotti) |
Schistosomiasis | Serology | |||||
Schistosoma haematobium | + | + | 14 to 90 days | Genitourinary tract | Eggs in urine, serology | Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, southern parts of Arabian Peninsula |
Schistosoma intercalatum | + | + | 14 to 90 days | Hepatic, GI tract | Eggs in stool | Central and West Africa |
Schistosoma japonicum | + | + | 14 to 90 days | Hepatic, GI tract | Eggs in stool | Indonesia, China, Southeast Asia |
Schistosoma mansoni | + | + | 14 to 90 days | Hepatic, GI tract | Eggs in stool, serology | Sub-Saharan Africa, western South America, some South Caribbean islands |
Schistosoma mekongi | + | + | 14 to 90 days | Hepatic, GI tract | Eggs in stool | Laos, Cambodia |
Strongyloidiasis | + | + | Years | GI tract, lung, skin | Larvae in stool, serology | Worldwide |
Trichinosis | + | + | 1 to 4 weeks | GI tract, muscle | Serology, muscle biopsy | Worldwide |
Toxcariasis | ||||||
Toxocara canis, T. catis | + | + | 2 to 4 days | Liver, eye, lung | Serology, larvae in tissue | Worldwide |
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