Gnathostoma
| Gnathostoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Gnathostomatidae |
| Genus: | Owen, 1837[1] |
Gnathostoma is a genus of parasitic nematodes. The species Gnathostoma spinigerum and Gnathostoma hispidum can cause gnathostomiasis.
Neurognathostomiasis occurs in the USA.[2] Gnathostoma binucleatum (which is native to the Americas) has not been previously reported to cause neurognathostomiasis, suggesting that G. spinigerum has been introduced to the Americas, but a survey of isolates has not confirmed this.[3]
Species
- Gnathostoma binucleatum (Almeyda-. Artigas, 1991)
- Gnathostoma doloresi
- Gnathostoma hispidum (Fedtschenko, 1872)
- Gnathostoma lamothei
- Gnathostoma malaysiae (Miyazaki & Dunn, 1965)
- Gnathostoma nipponicum
- Gnathostoma spinigerum Levinsen, 1889
- Gnathostoma turgidum
References
- ^ Owen R. (1837). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 4: 125.
- ^ Catalano M, Kaswan D, Levi MH (2009). "Wider range for parasites that cause eosinophilic meningitis". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 49 (8): 1283. doi:10.1086/605687. PMID 19780663.
- ^ Almeyda-Artigas RJ, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S (2000). "ITS-2 rDNA sequencing of Gnathostoma species (nematoda) and elucidation of the species causing human gnathostomiasis in the Americas". Journal of Parasitology. 86 (3): 537–544. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0537:IRSOGS]2.0.CO;2. PMID 10864252.
External links
- Taxon: Genus Gnathostoma, Taxonomicon
- Gnathostoma, Pet Education.
- Gnathostoma at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)