Occurrence of the leech Limnatis paluda as a respiratory parasite in man: case report from Saudi Arabia.

Department of Pathology, Royal Commission Hospital (Al Nawa), Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah, Saudi Arabia.

J Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Feb;97(1):18-20.

The leech Limnatis paluda is known to occur as a parasite in the respiratory tract of herbivorous animals. We report the occurrence of Limnatis paluda as a respiratory parasite in man in an area of Saudi Arabia from which it had not been previously described.