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Gnathostoma

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Neurognathostomiasis occurs in the USA. Gnathostoma binucleatum (which is native to the Americas) has not been previously reported to cause neurognathostomiasis, suggesting that G. spinigerum has been introduced to the Americas, but a survey of isolates has not confirmed this.

Species

  • Gnathostoma binucleatum (Almeyda-. Artigas, 1991)
  • Gnathostoma doloresi
  • Gnathostoma hispidum (Fedtschenko, 1872)
  • Gnathostoma lamothei
  • Gnathostoma malaysiae (Miyazaki & Dunn, 1965)
  • Gnathostoma nipponicum
  • Gnathostoma spinigerum Levinsen, 1889
  • Gnathostoma turgidum

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