Oesophagostomum apiostomum

Oe·soph·a·gos·to·mum ap·i·o·s'to·mum

a nematode species that has been reported in northern Nigeria and central Africa to encyst under the submucosa of the human intestine and occasionally cause dysentery; a common parasite of monkeys and apes, both in captivity and in the wild.

Oesophagostomum apiostomum

The nodular nematode worm parasitic to monkeys that occasionally infests humans.See also: Oesophagostomum