Infection | Geographic distribution | Comments |
Cutaneous larva migrans | Worldwide | Creeping eruption |
Dracunculiasis | Focal in sub-Saharan Africa | Movement of worm just before eruption |
Fascioliasis | Worldwide in areas where sheep and cattle are raised | Migratory areas of inflammation |
Gnathostomiasis | Most common in Asia but also found in other areas | Migratory inflammatory subcutaneous swellings; urticaria |
Hookworm | Worldwide; most common in tropical, subtropical areas with poor sanitation | Itchy tracts at points of penetration of larvae through skin |
Loiasis | Central and western Africa | Migratory inflammatory swellings |
Paragonimiasis | Most common in east and southeast Asia, Africa | Migratory swelling or subcutaneous nodules |
Sparganosis | Parasite found on all continents; most human cases from southeast Asia | Edematous, painful migratory swellings |
Strongyloidiasis | Most common in tropical, subtropical areas | Itchy, papular and migratory serpiginous lesions (larva currens) |
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