| armillifer armillatus located within the lacrimal caruncle. | | 1979 | 262349 |
| armillifer armillatus in bendel state (midwest) nigeria (a village study in ayogwiri village, near auchi, 120 kilometres from benin city) phase i. | armillifer armillatus (porocephalosis or tongue worm disease) in ayogwiri village (near auchi) 120 kilometres from benin city in bendel state (midwest) nigeria, first detected by us in 1975, was studied. it was first detected incidentally by x-ray which is usual. confirmation of the diagnosis was made by the radiologist at benin city hospital. the focus of this infection was studied by "contact tracing" of the household of the subject. initially the diagnosis was miliary tuberculosis and subsequ ... | 1978 | 566329 |
| the chimpanzee (pan troglodytes), a new host for nymphal armillifer armillatus (pentastomida: porocephalida) in west africa. | | 1978 | 757709 |
| roentgen diagnosis of armillifer armillatus infestation (porocephalosis) in man. | | 1976 | 933188 |
| pentastomiasis (armillifer and linguatula sp.) infestations of wild animals in the kruger national park. | armillifer armillatus, linguatula serrata and l. nuttalli have each been isolated from nine different mammalian species in the kruger national park: lion, panthera leo; leopard, p. pardus; buffalo, syncerus caffer: blue wildebeest, connechaetes taurinus; giraffe, girraffa camelopardalis; kudu, tragelophus strepsiceros; waterbuck, kobus ellipsyprymnus; tsessebe, damaliscus iunatus and impala, aepyceros melampus. successful transmission of l. serrata from the lion to a domestic ox and impala is re ... | 1975 | 1223283 |
| pentastomiasis in canada. | we report a case of human pentastomiasis in a 28-year-old man who emigrated to canada from nigeria in 1982 and died as a result of a motor vehicle accident in 1989. at autopsy, in addition to trauma, numerous small cystic nodules (3 to 9 mm in diameter) were discovered in the liver, pleura, lungs, and mesentery and under the intestinal and parietal peritoneum. the parasites were diagnosed as well-preserved, encysted armillifer armillatus nymphs. neither degenerative nor inflammatory granulomatou ... | 1991 | 2021321 |
| [analysis of the larval antigenic specificity of armillifer armillatus]. | analysis of larval antigens from armillifer armillatus by page-sds and immunoblotting techniques allows us to identify the most specific proteins usable for immuno diagnostic and sero-epidemiological surveys. | 1988 | 2452955 |
| pentastomiasis: case report of an acute abdominal emergency. | a 34-year-old native women presented as an acute abdominal emergency at the surgery department, missionary hospital "ad lucem" in banka-bafang, cameroon. she complained of colicky, epigastric abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, and retention of flatus. at laparotomy, numerous small cystic nodules (3-8 mm in diameter) were noted in the mesentery and under the intestinal and parietal peritoneum. histological examination of two of them revealed slightly enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes c ... | 1985 | 2865882 |
| pentastomiasis. | pentastomiasis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by pentastomes, members of an unusual phylum--pentastomida--with characteristics of both arthropods and annelids. adult pentastomes parasitize the respiratory tracts of reptiles or carnivorous mammals. the infection is generally limited to the tropics and subtropics, but ocular involvement has been reported in the southern united states. the majority of human pentastomiasis is caused by two species. the first, armillifer armillatus, infects humans as ... | 1987 | 3321358 |
| [pentastomisis by armillifer armillatus (author's transl)]. | | 1974 | 4474756 |
| [presence of armillifer armillatus wyman, 1847 larvae in different domestic and wild mammals in central africa]. | | 1973 | 4801783 |
| the brown hyaena (hyaena brunnea), a new host for nymphal armillifer armillatus (pentastomida: porocephalidae). | | 1974 | 4814798 |
| armillifer armillatus in a human eye. | | 1967 | 6067467 |
| [two cases of pentastomiasis observed in paris (author's transl)]. | the observations of two black african patients seen among 940 hospitalized patients are reported. intraabdominal calcified larvas, probably of porocephalus (armillifer) armillatus were found in both patients. the cycle of this pentostomida is recalled. attention is drawn to the role of snake slime in accidental contamination of human beings. in man, this parasitic infection is almost always asymptomatic and detected fortuitously on roentgenograms, or during surgery or necropsy. | 1982 | 6285481 |
| incidence of armillifer armillatus (pentastome) calcification in the abdomen. | analysis of plain abdominal radiographs in 214 patients showed armillier armillatus calcification in three cases (1.4 pc). two of these cases were males aged 50 and 70 years respectively. the only female with pentastome calcification was aged 35 years giving a male to female ratio of 2:1. typically the calcifications were either comma-shaped or rounded with central lucency measuring about 5 mm in diameter. two (66.7 pc) of the three patients who were positive for parasitic calcification complain ... | 1996 | 8868383 |
| lethal infection due to armillifer armillatus (porocephalida): a snake-related parasitic disease. | | 1999 | 10525001 |
| pentastomes (pentastomida, armillifer armillatus wyman, 1848) in snakes from zambia. | twenty-three snakes, belonging to eight different species, were collected from rural areas of zambia and inspected for the presence of pentastomes. pentastomid parasites were found in four snakes: one african rock python (python sebae), one puff adder (bitis arietans) and two mozambique spitting cobras (naja mossambica) were infested with a small number of armillifer armillatus, respectively five, two and one adult parasites. as humans can be incidental/intermediate hosts for reptilian pentastom ... | 1999 | 10870563 |
| ocular localization of armillifer armillatus. | | 1957 | 13501125 |
| armillifer armillatus infestation. radiological diagnosis in two ghanaian soldiers. | | 1962 | 13872896 |
| internal parasitism of monkeys with the pentastomid, armillifer armillatus. | | 1961 | 13907059 |
| eyelid infestation by armillifer armillatus. | | 1962 | 14479212 |
| phylogenetic position of the pentastomida and (pan)crustacean relationships. | pentastomids are a small group of vermiform animals with unique morphology and parasitic lifestyle. they are generally recognized as being related to the arthropoda; however, the nature of this relationship is controversial. we have determined the complete sequence of the mitochondrial dna (mtdna) of the pentastomid armillifer armillatus and complete or nearly complete mtdna sequences from representatives of four previously unsampled groups of crustacea: remipedia (speleonectes tulumensis), ceph ... | 2004 | 15129965 |
| human pentastomiasis: a case report. | we report a case of human pentastomiasis in a 55-year-old farmer whose diagnosis was made incidentally during laparotomy on account of a mechanical small intestinal obstruction caused by adhesions. encysted parasites and degenerative granulomas were found in the omentum and in the subserosal layer of the small intestine. these parasites were diagnosed as armillifer armillatus larvae. the patient made an uneventful recovery after the operation and was discharged. he is being followed up. | 2006 | 16918194 |
| pentastomiasis (armillifer armillatus infestation). | | 2007 | 18027470 |
| armillifer armillatus; a note on three case of calcification of the cysts in man. | | 1948 | 18869134 |
| diagnosis of human visceral pentastomiasis. | visceral pentastomiasis in humans is caused by the larval stages (nymphs) of the arthropod-related tongue worms linguatula serrata, armillifer armillatus, a. moniliformis, a. grandis, and porocephalus crotali. the majority of cases has been reported from africa, malaysia, and the middle east, where visceral pentastomiasis may be an incidental finding in autopsies, and less often from china and latin america. in europe and north america, the disease is only rarely encountered in immigrants and lo ... | 2009 | 19238218 |
| transmission of armillifer armillatus ova at snake farm, the gambia, west africa. | visceral pentastomiasis caused by armillifer armillatus larvae was diagnosed in 2 dogs in the gambia. parasites were subjected to pcr; phylogenetic analysis confirmed relatedness with branchiurans/crustaceans. our investigation highlights transmission of infective a. armillatus ova to dogs and, by serologic evidence, also to 1 human, demonstrating a public health concern. | 2011 | 21291598 |
| severe pentasomide armillifer armillatus infestation complicated by hepatic encephalopathy. | diagnosis of armillifer armillatus infestation is usually incidental, commonly via autopsy or radiography. affected individual are usually asymptomatic. the case presented here, however, had severe thoracic and abdominal involvement with clinical manifestations. | 2011 | 21311159 |
| armillifer armillatus infection. | we report a case of human pentastomiasis in a 70-year-old retired long-distance driver/farmer whose diagnosis was made incidentally while being investigated for a 1-month history of cough and abdominal pain. the chest x-ray revealed multiple comma-shaped and rounded opacities in keeping with armilliferinfection, most likely armillifer armillatus. the patient made an uneventful recovery after a 10-day course of mebendazole (an antihelminthic) tablet andciprofloxacin (antibiotic) capsules and was ... | 2011 | 22248961 |
| co-infections in visceral pentastomiasis, democratic republic of the congo. | snakeborne armillifer pentastomiasis is an emerging human parasitic infection in rural tropical areas where snake meat is eaten. after a series of severe ocular a. grandis larval infections and anecdotal abdominal infection in sankuru district, democratic republic of the congo, during 2014-2015, we systematically investigated possible pentastomid etiology in patients who underwent surgery in the region. histologic and molecular analyses by established pentastomid 18s rdna- and newly developed ar ... | 2016 | 27434739 |
| complete mitochondrial genome of a tongue worm armillifer agkistrodontis. | armillifer agkistrodontis (ichthyostraca: pantastomida) is a parasitic pathogen, only reported in china, which can cause a zoonotic disease, pentastomiasis. a complete mitochondrial (mt) genome was 16,521 bp comprising 13 protein-coding genes (pcgs), 22 trna genes, 2 rrna genes, and 1 non-coding region (ncr). a phylogenetic tree drawn with the concatenated amino acid sequences of the 6 conserved pcgs (atp6, cox1-3, and nad2) showed that a. agkistrodontis and armillifer armillatus constituted a c ... | 2016 | 28095669 |
| armillifer armillatus infestation in human; public health scenario of a snake parasite: a report of three cases. | we report cases of armillifer armillatus infestation in three nigerian adults within two and half years in our health facility. the first patient was a 70 year old farmer and a regular consumer of snake meat for over 50 years. he presented in february, 2014 for follow-up visit as he was a known systemic hypertensive patient. he was incidentally discovered to have multiple comma-shaped calcific lesions in the lungs and liver on a chest radiograph. these were better demonstrated on abdominal ultra ... | 2016 | 28250869 |
| human visceral pentastomiasis: armillifer armillatus. | | 2017 | 27812890 |
| human pentastomiasis in sub-saharan africa. | pentastomiasis is a rare zoonotic infection but it is frequently observed in africa and asia. most human infections are caused by members of the armillifer armillatus species. they are responsible for visceral pentastomiasis in western and central africa. humans may be infected by eating infected undercooked snake meat or by direct contact with an infected reptile. an increasing number of infections are being reported in congo, nigeria, and cameroon. despite an occasionally high number of nymphs ... | 2016 | 27004769 |
| visceral pentastomiasis caused by armillifer armillatus in a captive striped hyena (hyaena hyaena) in chiang mai night safari, thailand. | visceral pentastomiasis (porocephalosis) caused by armillifer armillatus larvae was incidentally diagnosed in a female striped hyena (hyaena hyaena) of unknown age which died unexpectedly in 2013. the hyena had been imported from tanzania 8years earlier and have been since then in a zoo in chiang mai, northern thailand. pathological examination revealed visceral nymph migrans of pentastomes throughout the intestine, liver, diaphragm, omentum and mesentery, spleen, kidneys, and urinary bladder. p ... | 2016 | 26460150 |
| endoparasites of the eastern rock sengi (elephantulus myurus) from south africa. | the endoparasite fauna of the eastern rock sengi ( elephantulus myurus thomas and schwann) was studied for the first time for any sengi species from september 2007 until august 2008 in the limpopo province of south africa. from the 121 sengis examined, we recovered 11 endoparasite taxa, including 9 nematodes, 1 cestode family (hymenolepididae), and 1 pentastomid species (armillifer armillatus (wyman, 1834)). the overall endoparasite prevalence was high, at 100%, and largely attributable to the n ... | 2015 | 26244487 |
| mitochondrial genome of the intertidal acorn barnacle tetraclita serrata darwin, 1854 (crustacea: sessilia): gene order comparison and phylogenetic consideration within sessilia. | the complete mitochondrial genome of the intertidal barnacle tetraclita serrata darwin, 1854 (crustacea: maxillopoda: sessilia) is presented. the genome is a circular molecule of 15,200 bp, which encodes 13 pcgs, 2 ribosomal rna genes, and 22 transfer rna genes. all non-coding regions are 591 bp in length, with the longest one speculated as the control region (389 bp), which is located between srrna and trnk. the overall a+t content of the mitochondrial genome of t. serrata is 65.4%, which is lo ... | 2015 | 25907711 |
| imported armillifer pentastomiasis: report of a symptomatic infection in the netherlands and mini-review. | we report a case of symptomatic visceral armillifer pentastomiasis in a 23-year-old female liberian immigrant to the netherlands. the patient was referred to the gynecologist because of lower abdominal pain. during laparotomy, multiple adhesions were seen in the lower pelvis and a hydrosalpinx with an encapsulated armillifer nymph, most likely armillifer armillatus, was found. key features of the parasite's cuticle which facilitate the diagnosis of pentastomiasis, are presented. symptomatic pent ... | 2014 | 24211241 |
| armillifer armillatus pentastomiasis in african immigrant, germany. | | 2013 | 23750357 |
| [progress of research on clinical manifestations and diagnosis of human pentastomiasis]. | human pentastomiasis is an unusual parasitic zoonosis caused by wormlike pentastomids. of the many pentastome species, 10 are known to infect humans in the world, and among them, armillifer armillatus and linguatula serrata are the main pathogenic species which can account for most human infections. according to the location in human body and clinical symptoms of the main pathogenic species, human pentastomiasis can be divided into two parasitic types clinically, the visceral type and nasopharyn ... | 2012 | 22799176 |