Synonyms: Yangtze oedema, Choko-Fuschu Tua Chid, wandering swelling
Gnathostomiasis is caused by infection with the roundworm nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum, and rarely G. hispidum, which infect vertebrate animals.
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