TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Gnathostomiasis
A1  - Rosenthal, Philip J.
A2  - Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2  - McPhee, Stephen J.
A2  - Rabow, Michael W.
PY  - 2021
T2  - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2021
AB  - A  number  of  species  of  Gnathostoma,  which  are  parasitic  nematodes  of  carnivores,  can  occasionally  infect  humans.  Most  cases  have  been  seen  in  Southeast  Asia,  but  the  disease  has  also  been  described  in  many  other  areas.  Eggs  shed  in  the  feces  of  mammals  are  ingested  by  marine  crustaceans,  which  are  then  ingested  by  fish,  frogs,  snakes,  or  mammals.  Larvae  then  encyst  in  muscles.  Human  infection  follows  eating  undercooked  fish,  shellfish,  chicken,  or  pork  and  can  also  be  transmitted  by  ingesting  copepods  in  contaminated  water.  After  ingestion,  larvae  cannot  complete  development  in  humans,  but  rather  migrate  through  tissues  (eFigure  35–43).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2023/02/07
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175788921
ER  -