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Rusnak JM, Lucey DR, 1993. Clinical gnathostomiasis: case report and review of the English-language literature. Clin Infect Dis 16 :33ā50.
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Camacho SPD, Ramos MZ, Torrecillas EP, Ramirez IO, Velazquez RC, Gaxiola AF, Heredia JB, Willms K, Akahane H, Ogata K, Nawa Y, 1998. Clinical manifestations and immuno-diagnosis of gnathostomiasis in Culiacan, Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg 59 :908ā915.
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Akahane H, Shibue K, Shimizu A, Toshitani S, 1998. Human gnathostomiasis caused by Gnathostoma doloresi, with particular reference to the parasitological investigation of the causative agent. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 92 :721ā726.
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Chhuon H, Sangkin K, Voenthal Y, 1976. OedeĢmes mobiles de la face et du cou souvis de localisation intraoculaire de Gnatostoma spinigerum.Bull Soc Pathol Exot 69 :347ā351.
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Kraivichian P, Kulkumthorn M, Yingyourd P, Akarabovorn P, Paireepai CC, 1992. Albendazole for the treatment of human gnathostomiasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 86 :418ā421.
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Nopparatana C, Setasuban P, Chaicumpa W, Tapchaisri P, 1991. Purification of Gnathostoma spinigerum specific antigen and immunodiagnosis of human gnathostomiasis. Int J Parasitol 21 :677ā687.
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CASE REPORT: GNATHOSTOMIASIS IN TWO TRAVELERS TO ZAMBIA
DEVON C. HALE
DEVON C. HALE
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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LUCILLE BLUMBERG
LUCILLE BLUMBERG
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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JOHN FREAN
JOHN FREAN
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Gnathostomiasis is a systemic infection caused by migrating nematode larvae of the genus Gnathostoma. It is a zoonosis involving a wide variety of animals as intermediate and definitive hosts, and consumption of raw fish is the main risk factor. The condition is most commonly seen in southeastern Asia, but has been described in a number of other countries, all outside Africa. We report the infection in two travelers returning from southcentral Africa, who presented with non-specific symptoms and marked eosinophilia, and in whom schistosomiasis was initially suspected. The typical migratory skin lesions of gnathostomiasis appeared later. The infections responded well to albendazole. The patients acquired the infection in western Zambia; this region of Africa appears to be a newly identified risk area for gnathostomiasis in tourists who indulge in eating raw freshwater fish.
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Rusnak JM, Lucey DR, 1993. Clinical gnathostomiasis: case report and review of the English-language literature. Clin Infect Dis 16 :33ā50.
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2
Camacho SPD, Ramos MZ, Torrecillas EP, Ramirez IO, Velazquez RC, Gaxiola AF, Heredia JB, Willms K, Akahane H, Ogata K, Nawa Y, 1998. Clinical manifestations and immuno-diagnosis of gnathostomiasis in Culiacan, Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg 59 :908ā915.
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Akahane H, Shibue K, Shimizu A, Toshitani S, 1998. Human gnathostomiasis caused by Gnathostoma doloresi, with particular reference to the parasitological investigation of the causative agent. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 92 :721ā726.
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Chhuon H, Sangkin K, Voenthal Y, 1976. OedeĢmes mobiles de la face et du cou souvis de localisation intraoculaire de Gnatostoma spinigerum.Bull Soc Pathol Exot 69 :347ā351.
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Kraivichian P, Kulkumthorn M, Yingyourd P, Akarabovorn P, Paireepai CC, 1992. Albendazole for the treatment of human gnathostomiasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 86 :418ā421.
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Nopparatana C, Setasuban P, Chaicumpa W, Tapchaisri P, 1991. Purification of Gnathostoma spinigerum specific antigen and immunodiagnosis of human gnathostomiasis. Int J Parasitol 21 :677ā687.
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