Estado-actual de la gnatostomiasis en México

Abstract

GNATHOSTOMIASIS IN MEXICO IS PRODUCED BY ADVANCED BY THIRD STAGE LARVAE OF SEVERAL SPECIES OF THE NEMATODE GENUS GNATHOSTOMA. THIS DISEASE IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE APPARITION OF MIGRATING EDEMA, USUALY IN THE CHEST OR ABDOMEN, AN ERITEMATOSE PLATE WHICH IS VERY PAINFUL TO CONTACT AND HIGH TEMPERATE. THERE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED MORE THAN 1000 CASES IN THE MEXICAN STATES OF SINALOA, NAYARIT, GUERRERO, OXACA, TAMAULIPAS AND VERACRUZ. UNTIL NOW, FOUR SPECIES OF GNATHOSTOMA ARE KNOWN IN MEXICO: G. BINUCLEATUM AND AND G. TURGIDUM OXACA AND VERACRUZ; G. SPIGNIGERUM (?) FROM CHIAPAS AND JALISCO AND G. PROCYONIS FROM MORELOS, OXACA AND VERACRUZ.