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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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ameiva was sampled in three different populations of Caatinga vegetation, and there was no registered pentastomid infection for this species, which may indicate the presence of Pentastomida in Teiidae lizards, occur accidentally or occasionally without causing apparent damage to the tissues of the infected organ.
Raillietiella mottae (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) infecting Ameiva ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) in Araripe Plateau, Northeast Brazil/Raillietiella mottae (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) infectando Ameiva ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) na Chapada do Araripe, Nordeste, Brasil
We used Fisher's exact test in Quantitative Parasitology 3.0 (Quantitative Parasitology 3.0., Budapest, Hungary) to 1) examine parasite prevalence and mean intensity for Texas alligators, and 2) compare the prevalence variation of lung pentastomids, gastric nematodes, and intestinal helminths among alligators from Texas (TX), Western
Spatial variation of parasite infracommunities in the american alligator (alligator mississippiensis)
Large snakes offered by private hunters were analyzed directly for adult pentastomid infection of respiratory tissues.
Co-infections in Visceral Pentastomiasis, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ibarra-Velarde, "Serine protease activity demonstrated in the larval stage of the pentastomid Linguatula serrata," Parasitology Research, vol.
Linguatula serrata (Porocephalida: Linguatulidae) infection among client-owned dogs in Jalingo, North Eastern Nigeria: Prevalence and public health implications
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
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 90.0% (Armillifer agkistrodontis, Porocephalus crotali) to 90.8% (Raillietiella spp.).
Linguatula serrata tongue worm in human eye, Austria
Check-list of the pentastomid parasites crocodilians and freshwater chelonians.
First record of Sebekia oxycephala (Pentastomida: Sebekidae) infecting Helicops infrataeniatus (Reptilia: Colubridae), Sao Paulo State, Brazil
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
To the Editor: Pentastomids or tongue worms are a unique group of vermiform parasites, phylogenetically related to arthropods (1).
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
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

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