Physaloptera

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Physaloptera is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Physalopteridae.

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Physaloptera
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P. ngoci , male caudal extremity [1]
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P. ngoci, scanning electron microscopy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Physalopteridae
Genus: Physaloptera
Rudolphi, 1819
Species

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Systematics

Species include:

Undescribed or unidentified species have been found on the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in the southern United States, [4] the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida, [8] and Leontopithecus rosalia , Physalaemus soaresi , Cacajao calvus , and Lagothrix lagotricha in Brazil. [2]

Physaloptera spp. as human parasites

Physaloptera spp. eggs found in a grave of the Bronze Age in Iran Parasite170024-fig3 - Physaloptera spp. eggs found in soil sample.png
Physaloptera spp. eggs found in a grave of the Bronze Age in Iran

Most species utilize insects such as crickets, cockroaches, and beetles as intermediate hosts. [9] Several species of Physaloptera can parasitize primates, including humans. [10] [11] This rare disease is known as spiruridiasis. Human infection is considered to be ancient; eggs of Physaloptera sp. were found in a grave of the Bronze Age in Iran. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Veciana, Marina; Chaisiri, Kittiponk; Morand, Serge; Miquel, Jordi; Ribas, Alexis (2013). "New biogeographical and morphological information on Physaloptera ngoci Le-Van-Hoa, 1961 (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) in South-east Asian rodents". Parasite. 20: 23. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2013023 . ISSN   1776-1042. PMC   3718517 . PMID   23815881.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Muniz-Pereira et al., 2009, p. 11
  3. ↑ Santana et al., 2010, p. 106
  4. 1 2 3 Kinsella, 1974, p. 9
  5. ↑ Dragoo and Sheffield, 2009, p. 5
  6. ↑ Mirzayans, 1971
  7. ↑ Petri, Leo H. (September 1950). "Life Cycle of Physaloptera rara Hall and Wigdor, 1918 (Nematoda: Spiruroidea) with the Cockroach, Blatella germanica, Serving as the Intermediate Host". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 53 (3): 331–337. doi:10.2307/3626145. JSTOR   3626145.
  8. ↑ Kinsella, 1988, table 1
  9. 1 2 Makki, Mahsasadat; Dupouy-Camet, Jean; Seyed Sajjadi, Seyed Mansour; Moravec, František; Reza Naddaf, Saied; Mobedi, Iraj; Malekafzali, Hossein; Rezaeian, Mostafa; Mohebali, Mehdi; Kargar, Faranak; Mowlavi, Gholamreza (2017). "Human spiruridiasis due to Physaloptera spp. (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) in a grave of the Shahr-e Sukhteh archeological site of the Bronze Age (2800–2500 BC) in Iran". Parasite. 24: 18. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2017019 . ISSN   1776-1042. PMC   5467177 . PMID   28573969.
  10. ↑ Leiper, Robert T. (1907). "Physaloptera mordens: A new intestinal parasite of man". Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1: 76–IN1. doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(07)90015-2. ISSN   0035-9203.
  11. ↑ Lleras, Andres Soriano; Pan, Chiatung (1955). "Two cases of Physaloptera infection in man from Colombia". The Journal of Parasitology. 41 (6): 635. doi: 10.2307/3274147 . ISSN   0022-3395. JSTOR   3274147.

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