TY - JOUR T1 - <em>Mammomonogamus laryngeus</em>: an unusual cause of acute and chronic cough in the Caribbean area JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00814-2020 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 00814-2020 AU - Moustapha Agossou AU - Sandy Jean-Baptiste AU - Ninon Ehret AU - Nicole Desbois-Nogard AU - Moustapha Drame AU - Nicolas Venissac Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/1/00814-2020.abstract N2 - Mammomonogamus spp. and Syngamus spp. are nematodes in the Syngamidae family most often found in tropical environments. The parasites infest the respiratory tract of animals such as cattle, goats and sheep but human infestation is rare. Mammomonogamus spp. parasitise the respiratory tract and are responsible for respiratory symptoms dominated by coughing [1]. Approximately 100 cases have been described in the literature, nearly half of which came from the Caribbean [1–3]. In Martinique (a French overseas territory), the description of the parasite was made in the 1950s, and the largest series was published there [2, 3]. Despite the improvement in living conditions since the 1980s, human infestation by Mammomonogamus spp. persists in Martinique.Mammomonogamus is an unusual cause of chronic cough found in the Caribbean region. The region is very popular with tourists. There is interest in thinking about a cough that cannot be explained in any patient who has stayed in this region. https://bit.ly/3qnemv9 ER -