Linguatula serrata Frohlich, 1789 is an aberrant endoparasite of occasional zoonotic importance in humans. We report the prevalence of encapsulated nymphal stages of L. serrata in domestic ruminants surveyed in Wayanad, located in Kerala State, South India. Large and small intestine mesentery were examined from 100 goats, cattle and buffaloes each revealing an infection prevalence of 21, 19, an...

background: linguatula serrata, a tongue worm, is anaberrant cosmopolitan parasite, which inhabits the caninerespiratory system (final host). the discharged eggs infect manyplant feeder, including ruminants and human being, that producevisceral and nasopharyngeal linguatulosis which is known asmarrara syndrome in man. objectives:in the current study, theprevalence rate of infection with l. serr...

The Drosophila wing primordium is subdivided into adjacent territories called compartments (García-Bellido et al., 1973). Anteroposterior (AP) and dorsoventral (DV) compartment subdivisions are primarily established by the activity of the selector genes engrailed in P cells and apterous in D cells (reviewed by Blair, 1995). Short-range interactions between adjacent compartments induce expressio...

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.

Human linguatulosis poses an important medical and veterinary concern in endemic countries. Animals, as reservoir host, play a major role in transmission of infestation and epidemiology of the disease. This study reports a case of human linguatulosis caused by Linguatula serrata in the city of Kerman, South-eastern Iran. A woman suffering from upper respiratory symptoms is presented. The patien...

A hybrid between Salix triandra and S. xanthicola, occurring in the Rhodope Mountains northeastern Greece, is described as a new nothospecies. It differs from by having distinctly hairy young stems more deeply serrate-dentate leaf margins, xanthicola smooth, unstructured (without conicoids) wax layer on lower side of leaves presence subsessile glands petioles.

linguatula serrata (l. serrata), an aberrant arthropod of the pentastomida phylum, inhabits the canine respiratory system as its final host. intermediate hosts include humans and herbivores. humans can be infected via consumption of raw or under-cooked liver or lymph nodes of sheep, goats, and cattle. a few human cases have been reported from iran. here, we have reported a case of pentastomiasi...