The zoonotic implications of pentastomiasis in the royal python [python regius)
| dc.contributor.author | Ayinmode, A. B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Adedokun, O. A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aina, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Taiwo, V. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-04T10:56:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-04T10:56:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-09 | |
| dc.description | Ghana Medical Journal 44(3) 2010. Pp. 115-118 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Pentastomes are worm-like endoparasites of the phylum Pentastomida found principally in the respiratory tract of reptiles, birds, and mammals. They cause a zoonotic disease known as pentastomiasis in humans and other mammals. The autopsy of a Nigerian royal python (Python regius) revealed two yellowish- white parasites in the lungs, tissue necrosis and inflammatory lesions. The parasite was confirmed to be Armillifer spp (Pentastomid); this is the first recorded case of pentastomiasis in the royal python (Python regius) in Nigeria. This report may be an alert of the possibility of on-going zoonotic transmission of pentastomiasis from snake to man, especially in the sub-urban/rural areas of Nigeria and other West African countries where people consume snake meat | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0016-9560 | |
| dc.identifier.other | ui_art_ayinmode_zoonotic_2010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5273 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Ghana Medical Journal | en_US |
| dc.subject | Zoonosis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pentastome | en_US |
| dc.subject | Armillifer | en_US |
| dc.subject | Python | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lungs | en_US |
| dc.title | The zoonotic implications of pentastomiasis in the royal python [python regius) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |