Host-Parasite Relations in Some Pentastomida

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Abstract
Pentastomlda generally considered to reach adulthood in the respiratory systems of reptiles may attain precocious development in some of these definitive hosts. Sexually mature Kiricephalus pattoni and Porocephalus crotali have been recovered from serous cavities and tissues. In tissue dwelling forms there is evidence that contacts may be maintained with the atmosphere through integumentary rents. In natural mammalian and reptilian hosts tissue dwelling pentastomes elicit little, if any, pathological tissue response, while in human tissues the response may be highly inflammatory.

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