Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2009
A linguatulid, very similar to the nymphal ‘Pentastoma gracile’ from crocodiles described by Sambon, was found in faecal material from a European resident in Khartoum. There is no evidence concerning the method of infection.
I am indebted to Dr E. S. Horgan, until recently Director of the Stack Medical Research Laboratories, for his reply to my inquiries concerning linguatulid infections in the Sudan; and to Prof. J. J. C. Butley, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, for his valuable assistance in obtaining relevant literature.