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Case Reports
. 2009 Apr;15(4):594-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1504.081646.

Gnathostomiasis acquired by British tourists in Botswana

Joanna S Herman  1 , Emma C Wall, Christoffer van-Tulleken, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Robin L Bailey, Peter L Chiodini
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Gnathostomiasis acquired by British tourists in Botswana

Joanna S Herman et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr.

Abstract

Infection with Gnathostoma spinigerum has been generally confined to Southeast Asia and Central and South America. However, gnathostomiasis was recently found in British tourists who had visited Botswana. Consequently, travel to Africa should now be considered a risk factor for gnathostomiasis.

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Figure 1
Cutaneous larva migrans on the forehead (A) and shoulder (B) of a male British tourist who had visited Botswana.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Third-stage larva of Gnathostoma spinigerum, which was expressed from the face of a male British tourist who had visited Botswana. Photograph shows entire larva (A) and larva head with hooks (B).
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