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The zoonotic implications of pentastomiasis in the royal python [python regius)
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 yellow...
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| 720 | |a Ayinmode, A. B. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Adedokun, O. A. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Aina, A. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Taiwo, V. |e author | ||
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| 520 | |a 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 | ||
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| 653 | |a Zoonosis | ||
| 653 | |a Pentastome | ||
| 653 | |a Armillifer | ||
| 653 | |a Python | ||
| 653 | |a Lungs | ||
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