[Discovery of a new species of the pentastomid genus Porocephalus (Humboldt, 1811) from Taiwan, China and its pathogenic features].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the morphological characteristics of Porocephalus taiwana sp. nov., discuss its pathogenic features and the method of etiological diagnosis of the new disease.


METHODS
Fecal sedimentation concentration was used to collect nymphs from the patient's watery stool for species identification. Clinical information was collected for determining the pathogenic features of the new infection.


RESULTS
A new pathogenic pentastomid Porocephalus taiwana sp. nov. is discovered and a new disease, porocephaliasis taiwana, is nominated. With the findings from this case it is proposed that the traditional visceral pentastomiasis should be divided into two subtypes, Encystic and Excystic. According to the pathological features, this case belongs to the excystic visceral pentastomiasis.


CONCLUSIONS
Porocephalus taiwana sp. nov. is a new pathogenic pentastomid infecting humans. Porocephaliais taiwana belongs to a novel type (excystic) of visceral pentastomiasis.
Qiu
Ming-Hua
MH
Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310031, China. 67814757@163.com
Ma
Kuo-Chun
KC
Fan
Ping-Chin
PC
Lu
Sen-Shi
SS
D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000145:classification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D013624:Taiwan