Infections with nematodes of the genus gnathostoma, superfamily thelazioidea. gnathostomiasis is a food-borne zoonosis caused by eating undercooked or raw fish or meat.

Gnathostomiasis, also known as larva migrans profundus,: 436  is the human infection caused by the nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum and/or Gnathostoma hispidum, which infects vertebrates..