There is no vector for the parasite gnathostomiasis.

Diagnosis of gnathostomiasis is possible (with microscopy) after removal of the worm.

In a study done in Siam, researchers have proposed a method of prevention of gnathostomiasis.

The incubation period for gnathostomiasis is 3-4 weeks when the larvae begin to migrate through the subcutaneous tissue of the body.

The primary form of diagnosis of gnathostomiasis is the identification of larva in the tissue.

The first described case of gnathostomiasis was in a young tiger that died in the London Zoo in 1835.

The most common incident of gnathostomiasis is found in Japan and Thailand due to the consumption of flesh loaches.

The species Gnathostoma spinigerum and Gnathostoma hispidum can cause gnathostomiasis.

The ingested third stage larva migrates from the gastric wall and its migration results in the symptoms associated with infection by gnathostomiasis.

This is especially useful because of the difficulty and lack of feasibility inherent in eliminating all intermediate hosts of gnathostomiasis.

The most prescribed treatment for gnathostomiasis is surgical removal of the larvae but this is only effective when the worms are located in an accessible location.

In Japan, freshwater fishes, Ophicephalus argus and O. tadianus, are the most important vectors of human gnathostomiasis.

Originally believed to be confined to Asia, in the 1970s gnathostomiasis was discovered in Mexico, and found in Australia in 2011.

Eating raw or undercooked swamp eel can cause gnathostomiasis, an important disease in Thailand, Laos, Burma and Vietnam.

Infection of Gnathostoma hispidum, like many species of Gnathostoma causes the disease gnathostomiasis due to the migration of immature worms in the tissues.

Human gnathostomiasis is infection by the migrating third-stage larvae of any of five species of Gnathostoma, which is type of worm (more specifically a type of nematode).

Infection of humans by gnathostomiasis is accidental because humans are not one of the definitive hosts of the parasite and do not allow the parasite to complete its life cycle.

Gnathostomiasis infection is rare because the parasite must be digested when it has reached its third larvae stage, providing only a short time frame in which the parasite is capable of infecting humans.

The eastern subspecies is also one of the many intermediate hosts of another nematode, Gnathostoma spinigerum, which causes human gnathostomiasis, a disease found in Thailand, Japan and other parts of Southeast Asia.

The rail is therefore unlikely to be a source of human gnathostomiasis, which is normally caused by consuming raw or undercooked infected poultry, pork, freshwater fish, or by drinking water contaminated with infected Cyclops.

Gnathostoma spinigerum is a parasitic nematode that causes gnathostomiasis in humans, also known as its clinical manifestations are creeping eruption, larva migrans, Yangtze edema, Choko-Fuschu Tua chid and wandering swelling.