| ocular linguatuliasis in ecuador: case report and morphometric study of the larva of linguatula serrata. | linguatula serrata is a pentastomid, a cosmopolitan parasite belonging to the phylum pentastomida. humans may act as an intermediate or accidental definitive host of this parasite, manifesting the nasopharyngeal or visceral form, with the latter having been described more frequently. the occurrence of ocular linguatuliasis is extremely rare, but it has been reported in the united states and israel. the objective of the present paper was to report the first case of ocular linguatuliasis in ecuado ... | 1999 | 10466969 |