| Infestation commonly occurs in the musculature and visceral linings. Life cycle of this parasite begins with copepods as its first intermediate hosts, fish as second intermediate host and mammals (e.g. cats and dogs) as final hosts. When larvae from infected fish are ingested by humans, it may undergo migrations to the skin, visceral linings, mucous membranes, eye or brain, producing "creeping eruptions" (Ref. 26129). This nematode is one of the cause of gnathostomosis, a serious disease in man (Ref. 42533). |