| helminthic eosinophilic meningitis: emerging zoonotic diseases in the south. | today most emerging infectious diseases, such as west nile virus and severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars), arise in the natural environment as zoonoses and are often imported into the united states (us). the most common helminthic infections that can cause eosinophilic meningitis (eom) in the us, neuroangiostrongyliasis and baylisascariasis, share many of the characteristics of emerging infectious diseases. neuroangiostrongyliasis, a rodent zoonosis caused by the rat lungworm, angiostrongylu ... | 2008 | 19283982 |