Human gnathostomiasis – A systematic review and analysis of the literature
Simon Frey, Esther Kuenzli, Lars Henning, Francisco Bravo, Yukifumi Nawa, Andreas Neumayr · 2026
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Description
Simon Frey and colleagues reviewed published cases of gnathostomiasis, a worm infection people catch mainly from eating raw fish. The worm's larvae wander through the body, and the review maps where cases occur and how the illness shows itself.
Most reports came from Asia and the Americas, with Thailand, Japan, and Mexico giving the highest case counts. Skin swellings from moving larvae made up about 84 percent of cases, far ahead of eye, nerve, and organ forms. Lasting harm was rare overall but hit about half of eye cases and about a third of nerve cases. Treatment with two worm drugs together cleared the infection in about 87 percent, beating either drug alone.
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| CREATOR | Simon Frey, Esther Kuenzli, Lars Henning, Francisco Bravo, Yukifumi Nawa, Andreas Neumayr |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |