Transmission of Armillifer armillatus Ova at Snake Farm, The Gambia, West Africa
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- Visceral pentastomiasis caused by Armillifer armillatus larvae was diagnosed in 2 dogs in The Gambia. Parasites were subjected to PCR; phylogenetic analysis confirmed relatedness with branchiurans/crustaceans. Our investigation highlights transmission of infective A. armillatus ova to dogs and, by serologic evidence, also to 1 human, demonstrating a public health concern.
| Author: | Dennis Tappe, Michael Meyer, Anett Oesterlein, Assan Jaye, Matthias Frosch, Christoph Schoen, Nikola Pantchev |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-142804 |
| Document Type: | Journal article |
| Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie |
| Language: | English |
| Parent Title (English): | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Year of Completion: | 2011 |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pagenumber: | 251-254 |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases 17(2), 251-254. |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1702.101118 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Tag: | Pentastomiasis |
| Release Date: | 2019/08/30 |
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