Multi-host model-based identification of Armillifer agkistrodontis (Pentastomida), a new zoonotic parasite from China. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010 BACKGROUND: Pentastomiasis is a rare parasitic infection of humans. Pentastomids are dioecious obligate parasites requiring multiple hosts to complete their lifecycle. Despite their worm-like appearance, they are commonly placed into a separate sub-class
Shao-Hong Chen +7 more
doaj +2 more sources
A novel PCR assay and sampling techniques for the detection of Raillietiella orientalis
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile ScienceRaillietiella orientalis, an invasive crustacean pentastome parasite, threatens native snake populations in the southeastern United States, infecting at least 18 species across Florida.
Jenna N. Palmisano +8 more
doaj +2 more sources
Tissue specific structural variations of mitochondria of fish ectoparasite Argulus bengalensis Ramakrishna, 1951 (Crustacea: Branchiura): Functional implications [PDF]
Journal of Advanced Research, 2014 We studied the fine structure of some classical and six variant mitochondria from different tissues viz. proboscis gland, spinal gland, ovary, testis, and muscle of a fish ectoparasite, Argulus bengalensis.
Anirban Banerjee, Samar K. Saha
doaj +2 more sources
Pentastomid, Raillietiella mottae Almeida, Freire and Lopes, 2008, infecting lizards in an area of caatinga, northeast, Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2008 Pentastomids can infect the respiratory tract of lizards, causing their death and as a result influencing the population size of hosts. Despite this, studies on rates of pulmonary infection of Brazilian lizards, including those living in Caatinga ...
WO. Almeida +5 more
doaj +4 more sources
The invasive pentastome Raillietiella orientalis in a banded water snake from the pet trade. [PDF]
J Vet Diagn Invest, 2023 Raillietiella orientalis is established in Florida and rapidly spreading both geographically and in known host species. A banded water snake ( Nerodia fasciata), purchased in Michigan at a regional reptile show, expectorated a pentastome whose morphology and DNA sequence indicated that it was R. orientalis.
Farrell TM, Walden HDS, Ossiboff RJ.
europepmc +3 more sources
Parasite spillover: indirect effects of invasive Burmese pythons. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2018 Miller MA +8 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Raillietiella gigliolii (Pentastomida) infecting Amphisbaena alba (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae): the first record for northeast Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2006 Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, CCEN, Joao Pessoa, PB, BrazilCorrespondence to: Waltecio de Oliveira Almeida, Departamento de Ciencias Fisicas e Biologicas, Universidade Regional do Cariri – URCA/CE, Campus do Pimenta, Rua Cel.
W. O. Almeida +3 more
doaj +6 more sources
The first Linguatula serrata case in an imported dog in Finland [PDF]
, 2021 Non peer ...
Jaakko, Pohjoismäki +4 more
core +1 more source
Pentastomídeos de répteis do Brasil: revisão dos cephalobaenidae
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1983 Foram estudados os Cephalobaenidae (Pentastomida), depositados na coleção helmintológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz e na coleção de parasitologia do Instituto Butantan. São redescritas e discutidas as espécies, Cephalobaena tetrapoda, C.
A. Arandas Rêgo
doaj +1 more source
Human and Animal Pentastomiasis in Malaysia : Review [PDF]
, 2016 Pentastomiasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease induced by the larval stages of pentasomes. The disease has been reported in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia and caused by the nymphs of the two genera: Linguatula and Armillifer and the two ...
Chin, H. C. (Heo) +2 more
core +2 more sources