ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2020
Gnathostomiasis Acquired by Visitors to the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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- Human gnathostomiasis - A systematic review and analysis of the literature.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Human gnathostomiasis: A review on the biology of the parasite with special reference on the current therapeutic management.Food and waterborne parasitology · 2023Review
- Where Have All the Diagnostic Morphological Parasitologists Gone?Journal of clinical microbiology · 2022Article
- Combating Parasitic Nematode Infections, Newly Discovered Antinematode Compounds from Marine Epiphytic Bacteria.Microorganisms · 2020Review
- Autochthonous Gnathostomiasis in Madagascar.Emerging infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Parasites, Zoonoses and War: A Themed Issue in Honor of Emeritus Professor John M. Goldsmid.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2020Article
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Abstract
Gnathostomiasis is a zoonotic nematode parasite disease, most commonly acquired by eating raw or undercooked fish. Although the disease is well known in parts of Asia and Central and South America, relatively few cases have been reported from Africa. Raw fish consumed in the Okavango River delta area of Botswana, and in nearby western Zambia, has previously produced laboratory-proven gnathostomiasis in tourists. The purpose of this communication is to record additional cases of the infection acquired in the Okavango delta, and to alert visitors to the inadvisability of eating raw freshwater fish in the southern African region.
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