Gnathostomiasis - A Rare Nematode Infection
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Gnathostoma, primarily an animal nematode, is rusty in colour, 2-3 cm long in adult stage, caninfect man by their larval form. Human infection occurs by the third stage larva by consumptionof undercooked or raw fish, poultry, or pork and rarely by skin penetration, In Bangladeshgnathostomiasis is not reported. But recently a female of 38 year of age of the northern district,Rangpur has got infected with a species of Gnathostoma, manifested by the appearance of thefarva in anterior chamber of her right eye. The larva was removed from her eye surgically inliving state and the patient was cured.doi: 10.3329/taj.v16i1.3900TAJ June 2003; Vol.16(1): 28-29
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