Linguatula serrata Tongue Worm in Human Eye,
Austria

Koehsler, Martina; Walochnik, Julia; Georgopoulos, Michael; Pruente, Christian; Boeckeler, Wolfgang; Auer, Herbert; Barisani-Asenbauer, Talin

doi:10.3201/eid1705.100790

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Linguatula serrata Tongue Worm in Human Eye, Austria

Published Date:

May 2011

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Emerg Infect Dis. 17(5):870-872.

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Koehsler, Martina ; Walochnik, Julia ; Georgopoulos, Michael ; Pruente, Christian ; Boeckeler, Wolfgang ; ... More ▼

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Linguatula serrata, the so-called tongue worm, is a worm-like, bloodsucking parasite belonging to the Pentastomida group. Infections with L. serrata tongue worms are rare in Europe. We describe a case of ocular linguatulosis in central Europe and provide molecular data on L. serrata tongue worms.

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