Snakeborne Armillifer pentastomiasis is an emerging human parasitic infection in rural tropical areas where snake meat is eaten. After a series of severe ocular A. grandis larval infections and anecdotal abdominal infection in Sankuru District, Democratic Republic of the Congo, during 2014-2015, we systematically investigated possible pentastomid etiology in patients who underwent surgery in th...

A three-member family from Tehran referred with variety of nasopharyngeal symptoms including sneezing, coughing and nasal discharge following consumption of barbecued liver (Kabab).  Thirteen worm-like nymphs of Linguatula serrata were separated from larynx, nose and gum of these patients. The adult parasites live in the nose and paranasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores.  Although this in...

a three-member family from tehran referred with variety of nasopharyngeal symptoms including sneezing, coughing and nasal discharge following consumption of barbecued liver (kabab).  thirteen worm-like nymphs of linguatula serrata were separated from larynx, nose and gum of these patients. the adult parasites live in the nose and paranasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores.  although this in...

   linguatula serrata, an ectoparasite,belonding  to the arthropods order,has diverse forms of adult,nymph and larva.it causes pentastomiasis and respiratory tract disorder in reptiles or carnivorus and herbivorous mammals and rarely human-Human might be involved in case of comsuming raw or semi cooled liver of animals.the infestation may lead to acute pharyngitis,dysphagia,vomiing ,nasal disc...

BACKGROUND Pentastomiasis is a rare parasitic infection of humans. Pentastomids are dioecious obligate parasites requiring multiple hosts to complete their lifecycle. Despite their worm-like appearance, they are commonly placed into a separate sub-class of the subphylum Crustacea, phylum Arthropoda. However, their systematic position is not uncontested and historically, they have been considere...

P. A. BASSON, R. M. McCULLY, S. P. KRUGER, J. W. VAN NIEKERK, E. YOUNG & V. DE VOS. Parasitic and other diseases of the African buffalo in the Kruger National Park. Onderstepoortj. vet. Res. 37 (1), 11-28 (1970). One hundred randomly-collected buffaloes [Syncerus cajfer (Sparrman, 1779) 1 were autopsied, and tissues and parasites were collected for histopathological studies and identification. ...