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Title: | The zoonotic implications of pentastomiasis in the royal python [python regius) |
Authors: | Ayinmode, A. B. Adedokun, O. A. Aina, A. Taiwo, V. |
Keywords: | Zoonosis Pentastome Armillifer Python Lungs |
Issue Date: | Sep-2010 |
Publisher: | Ghana Medical Journal |
Abstract: | Pentastomes are worm-like endoparasites of the phylum Pentastomida found principally in the respiratory tract of reptiles, birds, and mammals. They cause a zoonotic disease known as pentastomiasis in humans and other mammals. The autopsy of a Nigerian royal python (Python regius) revealed two yellowish- white parasites in the lungs, tissue necrosis and inflammatory lesions. The parasite was confirmed to be Armillifer spp (Pentastomid); this is the first recorded case of pentastomiasis in the royal python (Python regius) in Nigeria. This report may be an alert of the possibility of on-going zoonotic transmission of pentastomiasis from snake to man, especially in the sub-urban/rural areas of Nigeria and other West African countries where people consume snake meat |
Description: | Ghana Medical Journal 44(3) 2010. Pp. 115-118 |
URI: | http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5273 |
ISSN: | 0016-9560 |
Appears in Collections: | scholarly works |
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