Pentastomid parasite Armillifer moniliformis, (A. moniliformis) is a pathogencausing human pentastomiasis. Pentastomiasis is a parasitic zoonosis, which has seldom beenreported. When the number of armillifer parasites...Pentastomid parasite Armillifer moniliformis, (A. moniliformis) is a pathogencausing human pentastomiasis. Pentastomiasis is a parasitic zoonosis, which has seldom beenreported. When the number of armillifer parasites infecting a person is few or very few, theoverwhelming majority of the cases are of asymptomatic or subclinical presentation and are generallydiscovered during autopsies or at surgical operation. A case of A. moniliformis, with heavyinfection caused by nymphal pentastomids and possessing the clinical symptoms of chronic fever andabdominal pain, was admitted to the children 's hospital in Hangzhou, China. As the first case inChina, it is hereby reported.展开更多
文摘Pentastomid parasite Armillifer moniliformis, (A. moniliformis) is a pathogencausing human pentastomiasis. Pentastomiasis is a parasitic zoonosis, which has seldom beenreported. When the number of armillifer parasites infecting a person is few or very few, theoverwhelming majority of the cases are of asymptomatic or subclinical presentation and are generallydiscovered during autopsies or at surgical operation. A case of A. moniliformis, with heavyinfection caused by nymphal pentastomids and possessing the clinical symptoms of chronic fever andabdominal pain, was admitted to the children 's hospital in Hangzhou, China. As the first case inChina, it is hereby reported.