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Volume 23, Number 12—December 2017
Research Letter

Unexpected Infection with Armillifer Parasites

Idzi PottersComments to Author , Claude Desaive, Steven Van Den Broucke, Marjan Van Esbroeck, and Lutgarde Lynen
Author affiliations: Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (I. Potters, S. Van Den Broucke, M. Van Esbroeck, L. Lynen); Central University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium (C. Desaive)

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Armillifer armillatus parasites in man with pentastomiasis. A) Typically coiled Armillifer armillatus nymphs, averaging 1–2 cm long and consistently showing <22 annuli. B) Adult female and numerous nymphs; reference material from the Educational Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

Figure. Armillifer armillatus parasites. A) Typically coiled Armillifer armillatus nymphs, averaging 1–2 cm long and consistently showing <22 annuli. B) Adult female and numerous nymphs. Reference material from the Educational Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

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