title: Pentastomiasis (Armillifer and Linguatula Sp.) infestations of wild animals in the Kruger National Park.
abstract: Armillifer armillatus, Linguatula serrata and L. nuttalli have each been isolated from nine different mammalian species in the Kruger National Park: lion, Panthera Leo; Leopard, P. pardus; buffalo, Syncerus caffer: blue wildebeest, Connechaetes taurinus; giraffe, Girraffa camelopardalis; kudu, Tragelophus strepsiceros; waterbuck, Kobus ellipsyprymnus; tsessebe, Damaliscus iunatus and impala, Aepyceros melampus. Successful transmission of L. serrata from the lion to a domestic ox and impala is recorded for the first time. Pentastomiasis is also a disease of man and these findings are possibly of epidemiological significance.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000866:Antelopes; D001181:Arthropods; D001188:Artiodactyla; D002020:Buffaloes; D008045:Lions; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal; D013019:South Africa