Setae detect motion (mechanoreceptors), while amphids detect chemicals (chemoreceptors). ( Barnes, 1987 ; Roberts and Janovy, 2000 ) tactile chemical pheromones tactile chemical Food Habits Pharyngeal glands and intestinal epithelium produce digestive [animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu]

The significant symptoms of her illness were migratory joint pain, chest pain, palpitation, and itchy throat, progressively. She has never had swellings. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A live intraocular nematode was identified from a 37 year-old man presented with iritis, pain, redness, lacrimation, swelling, vision loss and intermittent blindness during many hours per day of the left eye. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 28 year old female presented with swelling, redness, lacrimation, pain & diminished vision of left eye since 2 1/2 years. Slit lamp examination revealed a worm piercing iris muscle. [casesjournal.biomedcentral.com]

The results suggest that substances secreted from the esophagus and intestine constitute antigens in excretory-secretory products of the larva. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

To describe a patient with isolated monocular optic neuritis caused by an identified Gnathostoma spinigerum infestation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Nematoda class Secernentea order Spirurida family Gnathostomatidae genus Gnathostoma species Gnathostoma spinigerum Name Homonyms Gnathostoma spinigerum Owen, 1837 Bibliographic [gbif.org]

The predicted molecular mass of the putative protein was 18.6kDa, and the deduced amino acid sequence had 86, 84.8, 81.3 and 77.2% identity with the CyP of Dirofilaria immitis, Brugia malayi, Onchocerca volvulus and Caenorhabditis elegans, respectively [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The predicted molecular mass of the putative protein was 18.6kDa, and the deduced amino acid sequence had 86, 84.8, 81.3 and 77.2% identity with the CyP of Dirofilaria immitis, Brugia malayi, Onchocerca volvulus and Caenorhabditis elegans, respectively [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]