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Pentastomiasis in Canada.

S N Guardia¹, H Sepp, T Scholten

¹Department of Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

|May 1, 1991

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This case report details human pentastomiasis caused by Armillifer armillatus nymphs, discovered incidentally during an autopsy. It represents the first documented human infection with encysted nymphs of this parasite.

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Area of Science:

Parasitology
Pathology
Tropical Medicine

Background:

Human pentastomiasis is a rare parasitic infection.
Armillifer armillatus is a known cause of pentastomiasis, typically found in West Africa.