An Overview of Pentastomiasis in Reptiles and Other Vertebrates |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Pulmonology, The Children''s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China;2. Department of Pediatrics, The People''s Hospital of Beilun District, Ningbo, China;3. Department of Neurology, The Children''s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China;1. Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;2. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;3. Elephant Transit Home, Department of Wildlife Conservation, Udawalawe, Sri Lanka |
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| Abstract: | Pentastomes are wormlike arthropods uniquely adapted to an obligate endoparasitic lifestyle in the respiratory tract of terrestrial vertebrates. The overwhelming majority of pentastome species infect the lungs of reptiles. The life cycle of these arthropods usually involves at least one intermediate host. Pentastomes carry zoonotic potential, but among those parasitizing reptiles only Armillifer spp. have been unquestionably associated with accidental human infections. Recent evidence suggests that pentastomes are crustaceans closely related to branchiurans, therefore therapeutic agents targeting fish lice should be investigated for their use in treating pentastome-infected reptile patients. |
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