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15275382

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
Oesophagostomum spp are normally found as nematode parasites of ruminants, pig and monkeys. Occasionally humans are involved. In the past decade it became clear that, in some parts of Africa, humans are adequate final hosts. In those areas, prevalences of infection are high and morbidity is significant. The presence of lumen-dwelling adult worms, which do not seem to cause a great deal of pathology, can be demonstrated through coproculture. The presence of immature worms, encapsulated in nodules and responsible for pathology, on the other hand, is more difficult to confirm. It is not known what factors limit the distribution of endemic human oesophagostomiasis to a small focus in West Africa. The relationship between the 'helminthomas' described a long time ago in Uganda and the human Oesophagostomum infections in West Africa is unclear and it remains a mystery how humans get infected so effectively by ingesting L3 larvae. In this overview, Ton Polderman and Coby Blotkamp give an account of what is known and what is still to be elucidated in human Oesophagostomum infections.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0169-4758
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
451-6
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Oesophagostomum infections in humans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article