Ocular pentastomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Main Authors: Mihály Sulyok (Author), Lajos Rózsa (Author), Imre Bodó (Author), Dennis Tappe (Author), Richard Hardi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ocular pentastomiasis is a rare infection caused by the larval stage of pentastomids, an unusual group of crustacean-related parasites. Zoonotic pentastomids have a distinct geographical distribution and utilize reptiles or canids as final hosts. Recently, an increasing number of human abdominal inf...