Linguatula Serrata: Tongue Worm Infection in Animals and Humans
"Learn about Linguatula serrata, a tongue worm infection affecting animals and humans. Explore its life cycle, hosts, pathogenesis, and diagnosis, with helpful images included. Discover the potential risks and transmission methods associated with this parasitic infection."
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Linguatula serrata Class Class: : Pentostomida Pentostomida Family Family: : Linguatulidae Linguatulidae Species Species: : Linguatula Linguatula serrata Common Common Name Name: : Tongue serrata Tongue worm worm
Linguatula serrata It commonly tongue tongue worm stage is somewhat tongue shaped. Body is flattened resembling a fluke. known as worm as the adult and
Linguatula serrata Final Final Hots sheep, goat and rarely man Intermediate Intermediate Hosts animals (Horse, sheep, goat, bovine, rabbit and rodents) act as intermediate host. Hots: : Dog, fox, wolf, horse, Herbivorous Hosts: : Nasal and respiratory Location Location: : passage of dog
Linguatula serrata Life-cycle: Infected dog excretes eggs through nasal secretion or, if swallowed, with faeces. Ingested eggs hatched to four- legged larvae (resembling a mite) in infected intermediate host. Dogs get the infection by the ingestion of nymph stage infected viscera of infected intermediate hosts especially of sheep and cattle.
Linguatula serrata Life Life- -cycle cycle: : Adult E Egg gg Larva Nymph Infective stage: Nymph
Linguatula serrata Pathogenesis Pathogenesis: : Tongue worm infected dogs sneeze and cough at interval and nasal discharge often blood stained may also be observed. Consumption of raw or undercooked liver of sheep and goat infected with immature stage of Linguatula serrata by the man, as a part of the religious ritual in Eastern Mediterranean countries has resulted in the development of a condition known as Halzoun Halzoun syndrome syndrome . In Sudan, nasopharyngeal linguatuliasis (marra syndrome) in human occurs by the consummation of marra dish, a favorite Sudanese dish prepared from raw liver, lung trachea and rumen of sheep or goat with chillies and lemon.
Linguatula serrata Diagnosis Diagnosis : : Eggs of tongue worm found in the faeces or the nasal discharge infected animals. of
Linguatula serrata Treatment: o No treatment treatment organophosphate insecticides useful. o Tongue worms may be removed surgically. satisfactory but with may be
Linguatula serrata Control: o By preventing the dogs and foxes from eating of possible infected material.
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