Retrospect and Prospect of Lophomonas blattarum Infections and Lophomoniasis Reported in China

Abstract

Lophomonas blattarum is a recently discovered parasitic protozoan that may infect humans and cause serious respiratory symptoms which are deadly. This review has summarized recent find-ings on the etiological characteristics, routes of transmission, clinical symptoms, laboratory diag-nosis, and treatment of L. blattarum infection and diseases in China.