Global status of neglected human Linguatula infection: a systematic review of published case reports

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 120; no. 9; pp. 3045 - 3050
• Main Authors: Tabaripour, Rabeeh, Keighobadi, Masoud, Sharifpour, Ali, Azadeh, Hossein, Shokri, Azar, Banimostafavi, Elham Sadat, Fakhar, Mahdi, Abedi, Soodeh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: adults; Annelida; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Canidae; Case reports; Domestic animals; Dysphagia; females; Helminthology - Review; humans; Immunology; Infections; Infestation; Iran; Life cycles; Linguatula; Liver; males; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology; Nasopharynx; Parasitic diseases; parasitology; parasitoses; Pentastomida; ruminants; Spleen; Sudan; systematic review; Viscera; Vomiting; Iran; Sudan; Human; Halzoun syndrome; Systematic review; Pentastomiasis

Human linguatulosis is a rare but highly specialized pentastomid parasitic infection all around the world. The disease is caused by worm-like parasites which share some morphologic features of arthropods and annelids. The life cycle of Linguatula spp. is provided as an example of pentastomid biology...