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pentastomid

(pĕn′tə-stō′mĭd, pĕn-tăs′tə-mĭd)
n.
See tongue worm.
A blood-sucking parasite that infests the nasal cavity of carnivores; human disease is caused by Armillifer armillatus—usual host, snakes—and Linguatula serrata—usual host, sheep and goats; pentastomiasis is global in distribution; linguliasis or Halzoun’s disease is more common in the Middle East and results from eating poorly-cooked meat; the larvae cause pain, itching, sneezing due to transnasal migration, dysphagia, vomiting and lymphadenopathy; a large bolus of worms may cause fatal obstruction
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Florida alligators exhibited the greatest pentastomid prevalence and mean intensity (Fisher's exact test, P = 0.
Spatial variation of parasite infracommunities in the american alligator (alligator mississippiensis)
Samples excised from visceral surfaces or from the peritoneal cavity were fixed in 90% ethanol and transferred to the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (Hamburg, Germany) for histologic and molecular analysis for a presumptive pentastomid etiology.
Co-infections in Visceral Pentastomiasis, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Discovery of a new species of the pentastomid genus Porocephalus (Humboldt, 1811) from Taiwan, China and its pathogenic features.
First record of Porocephalus cf. clavatus (Pentastomida: Porocephalida) as a parasite on Bothrops asper (Squamata: Viperidae) in Costa Rica/Primeiro registro de Porocephalus cf. clavatus (Pentastomida: Porocephalida) como um parasita em Bothrops asper (Squamata: Viperidae) na Costa Rica
The pentastomid identification was based on the dimensions of the hooks, copulatoryspiculae of the males (measured with the aid of a microscope fitted with a micrometer eyepiece), number of body rings and oral cavity (Venard and Bangham, 1941; Self and Rego, 1985).
First record of Sebekia oxycephala (Pentastomida: Sebekidae) infecting Helicops infrataeniatus (Reptilia: Colubridae), Sao Paulo State, Brazil
To date, about 10 pentastomid species have been involved in zoonotic infections.
Porocephalus crotali (Pentastomida) parasitizing the Yucatan neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus tzabcan) in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Sequence similarities to other pentastomids range from 90.
Linguatula serrata tongue worm in human eye, Austria
The cestode, pentastomid, and the two nematodes of the family Physalopteridae found here are heteroxenous and use invertebrates as intermediate hosts (Anderson, 2000).
Helminths and pentastomida of two synanthropic gecko lizards, Hemidactylus mabouia and Phyllopezus pollicaris, in an urban area in Northeastern Brazil/Helmintos e pentastomideos de dois lagartos sinantropicos, Hemidactylus mabouia e Phyllopezus pollicaris, de uma area urbana da regiao Nordeste do Brasil
The purpose of this note is to report the occurrence of nematode, trematode and pentastomid parasites in M.
Endoparasites infecting the semiaquatic coral snake Micrurus surinamensis (Squamata: Elapidae) in the southern amazonian region, Mato Grosso state, Brazil/Endoparasitas infectando a coral semiaquatica Micrurus surinamensis (Squamata: Elapidae) no sul da Amazonia, Mato Grosso, Brasil
Humans are usually tolerant to nymphal pentastomid infections, and most patients are asymptomatic (4).
Linguatuliasis in Germany
verrucosus (Chabaud and Brygoo, 1960, 1962, 1963; Caballero, 1968), only two pentastomids have been reported from this species.
Raillietiella (Pentastomida: Cephalobaenida) from a Malagasy chameleon, Chamaeleo verrucosus (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), from Madagascar
6 mm) were infected by the pentastomid Raillietiella mottae Almeida et al.
Pulmonary infection in two sympatric lizards, Mabuya arajara (Scincidae) and Anolis brasiliensis (Polychrotidae) from a cloud forest in Chapada do Araripe, Ceara, Northeastern Brazil/ Infeccao pulmonar em dois lagartos simpatricos, Mabuya arajara (Scincidae) e Anolis brasiliensis na mata-umida da Chapada do Araripe, Ceara, Nordeste do Brasil
Pentastomid, Raillietiella mottae Almeida, Freire and Lopes, 2008, infecting lizards in an area of caatinga, northeast, Brazil.
New host records of Brazilian pentastomid species/Novos registros de hospedeiros para especies de pentastomideos do Brasil

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