Roundworm infections are diseases of the digestive tract and other organ systems caused by nematodes--parasitic worms with long, cylindrical bodies. Roundworm infections are widespread throughout the world, and humans acquire most types of roundworm...

Gnathostomiasis is the human infection by the nematode (roundworm) Gnathostoma spinigerum and/or Gnathostoma hispidum, which infects vertebrate animals. Specifically, the disease is due to migrating immature...

As the scope of international travel expands, an increasing number of travelers are coming into contact with helminthic parasites rarely seen outside the tropics. As a result, the occurrence of Gnathostoma spinigerum infection leading to the clinical syndrome gnathostomiasis is increasing. In areas...

To the Editor: Moore et al. reported a case series of patients infected with imported gnathostomiasis who had typical intermittent, migratory skin manifestations or peripheral blood eosinophilia or both, as well as undiagnosed eosinophilia with nonspecific symptoms (1). We would like to add...