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Release date: June 27, 2011; Expiration date: June 27, 2012

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe food sources of gnathostomiasis parasitic infection
• Describe different clinical manifestations of neurognathostomiasis infection
• Identify methods of diagnosis of neurognathostomiasis
• Describe treatment options for gnathostomiasis
• Describe outcomes of gnathostomiasis infection

Medscape CME Editor

Nancy Mannikko, Technical Writer/Editor, Emerging Infectious Diseases. Disclosure: Nancy Mannikko has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Medscape CME Author

Desiree Lie, MD, MSEd, Clinical Professor; Director of Research and Faculty Development, Department of Family Medicine, University of California Irvine at Orange. Disclosure: Désirée Lie, MD, MSEd, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationship: served as a nonproduct speaker for "Topics in Health" for Merck Speaker Services.

Authors

Disclosures: Juri Katchanov, MD; Kittisak Sawanyawisuth, MD; Verajit Chotmongkol, MD; and Yukifumi Nawa, MD, have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.