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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Koehsler, Martina ; Walochnik, Julia ; Georgopoulos, Michael ; Pruente, Christian ; Boeckeler, Wolfgang ; Auer, Herbert ; Barisani-Asenbauer, Talin
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  18S Ribosomal DNA Adolescent Anterior Chamber Austria Dispatch Eye Female Humans Linguatula Molecular Data Molecular Sequence Data Parasites Parasitic Diseases Pentastomida RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Tongue Worm Uveitis

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(5):870-872.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:939a3d2605ff41ad0a1779bd48c1087d9f8d0102766309c32b731a5e103b8835
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24345/cdc_24345_DS1.pdf
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