Linguatula serrata is a tongue-shaped parasite that infects carnivores or insectivorous reptile as final host and herbivores as intermediate ones. During necropsy of a 1.5-year-old female stray cat, a few white and fine nodules were observed on the diaphragmatic lobes of the lung. In histopathological examination, the nodules contained a turned spinosum parasite with cuticular spines and in par...

Linguatula serrata is one of well-known members of Pentastomida which infects both humans and animals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of L. serrata in mesenteric lymph nodes, livers and lungs of goats slaughtered in Tabriz area, Iran. Mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs), livers and lungs of 280 goats slaughtered in Tabriz, North-west of Iran were investigated for nymphs of L. se...

linguatula serrata, is a cosmopolitan zoonotic parasite. adult of l. serrrata parasitize the nasopharynx of canids. con­suming raw glandular material of infected intermediate hosts (camel, sheep, cattle, goat, etc.) can infect human. in iran, two-humped camel is merely found in cold regions (ardabil and east azarbijan provinces) and is in danger of extinc­tion. a seven-year-old two-humped male ...

871 mesenteric lymph nodes taken from 110 native cattle from urmia slaughter-house with differentages were examined for linguatula serrata infection. the lymph nodes were studied based on their colourand consistency. 44% of the cattle were found positive for l. serrata infection. the number of parasitesisolated from each infected lymph node varied from 1 to 69 with a mean of 5.48. there were no...

a case of linguatulosis due to linguatula serrata, a zoonotic pentastomid parasite in the pharynx of a 35 year old woman from shiraz is described. after removal of the parasites the patient was discharged without any further complaints.

Linguatula serrata, well known as tongue worm; is an aberrant cosmopolitan parasite, which inhabits the canine respiratory system (final host). The discharged eggs infect many plant feeder animals including human causing visceral and nasopharyngeal linguatulosis which is known as "Marrara syndrome". In current study, the prevalence of infection with L. serrata nymphs in mesenteric lymph nodes (...

5. Hepatic granuloma due to a nymph of Linguatula serrata in a woman from Michigan: a case report and review of the literature. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1984;33:187–9. 6. A nodular pulmonary lesion due to Linguatula serrata in an HIV-positive man. Two cases of human infestation by larvae of Linguatula serrata. To the Editor: Rates of illness and death from Clostridium difficile–asso-ciated disease (C...

Pentastomids are obligate zoonotic arthropod parasites utilising canids and vulpids as their definitive hosts and several herbivorous species as their intermediate hosts. Reported only 10 times in Australia over the last 150 years as incidental findings, adult Pentastomids referred to as Linguatula serrata have been encountered in nasal cavities of domestic and wild dogs, and foxes. Nymphs have...