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Gnathostoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Gnathostomatidae
Genus:	Gnathostoma Owen, 1837

Gnathostoma is a genus of parasitic nematodes. The species Gnathostoma spinigerum and Gnathostoma hispidum can cause gnathostomiasis.

Neurognathostomiasis occurs in the USA. Gnathostoma binucleatum (which is native to the Americas) has not been previously reported to cause neurognathostomiasis, suggesting that G. spinigerum has been introduced to the Americas, but a survey of isolates has not confirmed this.

Species

• Gnathostoma binucleatum (Almeyda-. Artigas, 1991)
• Gnathostoma doloresi
• Gnathostoma hispidum (Fedtschenko, 1872)
• Gnathostoma lamothei
• Gnathostoma malaysiae (Miyazaki & Dunn, 1965)
• Gnathostoma nipponicum
• Gnathostoma spinigerum Levinsen, 1889
• Gnathostoma turgidum

References

1. Owen R. (1837). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 4: 125.
2. Catalano M, Kaswan D, Levi MH (2009). "Wider range for parasites that cause eosinophilic meningitis". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 49 (8): 1283. doi:10.1086/605687. PMID 19780663.
3. Almeyda-Artigas RJ, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S (2000). "ITS-2 rDNA sequencing of Gnathostoma species (nematoda) and elucidation of the species causing human gnathostomiasis in the Americas". Journal of Parasitology. 86 (3): 537–544. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0537:IRSOGS]2.0.CO;2. PMID 10864252.

External links

• Taxon: Genus Gnathostoma, Taxonomicon
• Gnathostoma, Pet Education.
• Gnathostoma at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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