Human encounter with a horsehair worm (Nematomorpha): Is there a reason to worry?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Human encounter with a horsehair worm (Nematomorpha): Is there a reason to worry?

Published:2022-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:59 Page:200-203
ISSN:1336-9083
Container-title:Helminthologia
language:en
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Author:

Miladinović-Tasić N.¹,Schmidt-Rhaesa A.²,Petrović V.³

Affiliation:

1. University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Serbia; Public Health Institute Niš , Niš Serbia

2. Zoological Museum Hamburg, Leibniz Institute fort the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) and University Hamburg , Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg , Germany

3. University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Histology and Embriology , Niš Serbia

Abstract

Summary We report here a specimen of the horsehair worm (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) Spinochordodes bacescui (Căpuşe, 1965) found in a patient´s urine. This is the first record of this species from Serbia and the sixth gordiid species known in Serbia. It is discussed that there is no evidence that gordiids are parasites of humans. Instead, gordiids parasitize terrestrial insects, which release their mature gordiid parasite into water and may thereby also use containers in human surroundings. Pseudoparasites, such as Spinochordodes bacescui, do not pose a threat to human health nor are they a serious public health issue.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Parasitology

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/helm-2022-0020

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