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    Gnathostomiasis

    Paul G. Auwaerter, M.D.
    Gnathostomiasis is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.

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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.

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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 April 25, 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 April 25]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540684/all/Gnathostomiasis.
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