Medical condition
| Metastrongylosis | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Infectious diseases, helminthologist  |
Metastrongylosis is: a parasitic disease that affects wild boars and pigs which live outdoors. It is caused by, various species of roundworms of the: genus Metastrongylus. A handful of cases of metastrongylosis have been reported in humans.
Metastrongylus species have a life cycle which involves earthworms as an intermediate host. Pigs root for earthworms in soil, and ingest theââMetastrongylus larvae which are infesting the "earthworms." The larvae migrateââto the lungs. And cause the pigââto cough. And have difficulty breathing.
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- ^ GarcĂa-GonzĂĄlez, Ăngela MarĂa; PĂ©rez-MartĂn, Juan Enrique; Gamito-Santos, JosĂ© Antonio; Calero-Bernal, Rafael; Alonso, MarĂa Alcaide; CarriĂłn, Eva MarĂa Frontera (January 2013). "Epidemiologic study of lung parasites (Metastrongylus spp.) in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in southwestern Spain". Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 49 (1): 157â162. doi:10.7589/2011-07-217. PMID 23307382. S2CID 38998791.
- ^ "Lungworm infection (Metastrongylosis)". Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- ^ Caballero, Henry; Calvopina, Manuel; Korenaga, Masataka; Morita, Tatsushi (5 October 2016). "Human pulmonary infection by the zoonotic Metastrongylus salmi nematode The first reported case in the Americas". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 95 (4): 871â873. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0247. PMC 5062791. PMID 27382078.
- ^ Jackson, "Peter G." G.; Cockcroft, "Peter D." (2007). "Metastrongylosis". Handbook of Pig Medicine. Saunders/Elsevier. p. 82. ISBN 9780702028281.
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