Human Gongylonema infection in Spain.
A case of gongylonemiasis in a 31-year-old woman of Granada, Spain, is reported. The worm, clearly belonging to Gongylonema genus, could not be identified definitively as Gongylonema pulchrum, the species usually described in humans.
Illescas-Gómez
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Unidad de Immunología, Instituto Lopez Neyra de Parasitología, Granada, Spain.
Rodriguez Osorio
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Gómez Garcia
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Gómez Morales
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002610:Cheek / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D013030:Spain; D013151:Spiruroidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*