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Gnathostomiasis
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Human infection arising from the third larval stage of an immature nematode.
- Roundworm of vertebrate animals.
- Gnathostoma with 13 known species, 6 of which are known to cause human infection.
- Gnathostoma spinigerum or Gnathostoma hispidum usual species infecting humans.
- Others known to cause human disease: G. nipponicum, G. malaysiae, G. binucleatum and G. doloresi.
- Lifecycle includes intermediate/paratenic hosts (freshwater fish, eels, frogs, snakes and birds) and definitive hosts (domesticated pigs, cats, dogs and wild animals), see lifecycle.
- Food-borne parasite, humans are accidental hosts.
- Gnathostoma with 13 known species, 6 of which are known to cause human infection.
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Last updated: April 2, 2019
Citation
Auwaerter, Paul G. "Gnathostomiasis." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540684/all/Gnathostomiasis.
Auwaerter PG. Gnathostomiasis. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540684/all/Gnathostomiasis. Accessed October 22, 2019.
Auwaerter, P. G. (2019). Gnathostomiasis. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540684/all/Gnathostomiasis
Auwaerter PG. Gnathostomiasis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. [cited 2019 October 22]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540684/all/Gnathostomiasis.
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