| Gnathostoma hispidum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Gnathostomatidae |
| Genus: | Gnathostoma |
| Species: | G. hispidum
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnathostoma hispidum Fedtschenko, 1872
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Gnathostoma hispidum is a nematode (roundworm) that infects many vertebrate animals including humans. Infection of Gnathostoma hispidum, like many species of Gnathostoma causes the disease gnathostomiasis due to the migration of immature worms in the tissues.[1][2]
- ^ "Gnathostomiasis" 2009. Parasites and Health. DPDx. 20 July 2009. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/html/Gnathostomiasis.htm Archived 2013-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Yoshiki Taniguchi; Katsuhiko Ando; Ken-Ichi Isoda; Masayuki Shimizu; Katsuya Sonobe (1992). "Human gnathostomiasis: successful removal of Gnathostoma hispidum". International Journal of Dermatology. 31 (3): 175–177. doi:10.1111/j.1365-4362.1992.tb03927.x. PMID 1568811.
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