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KMID : 0425120120500010069
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2012 Volume.50 No. 1 p.69 ~ p.71
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Trichuris vulpis (Froelich, 1789) Infection in a Child: A Case Report
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Adrian Marquez-Navarro
Gudelio Garcia-Bracamontes
Blanca E. Alvarez-Fernandez
Luz P. Avila-Caballero
Isabel Santos-Aranda
Dylan L. Diaz-Chiguer
Rosa M. Sanchez-Manzano
Elvia Rodriguez-Bataz
Benjamin Nogueda-Torres
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Abstract
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We present a human infection with the canine whipworm, Trichuris vulpis, in a child suffering from rhinitis with a diagnosis of rhinitis. T. vulpis eggs resemble those of T. trichiura but they can be differentiated based on their morphological features and egg size, using micrometry with an ocular micrometer. T. vulpis eggs measured an average of 90 μm by 44 μm (range 86-99 μm by 38-47 μm). Prevalence of hookworms (28.1%), Toxocara canis (11.8%), and Trichuris vulpis (3.5%) was found in 292 fecal samples of dogs collected at the peri-domicile, which showed that the risk of infection was not only fortuitous. The treatment of canine whipworm infections is similar to that of T. trichiura infection. We recommend differentiation of the 2 species for their epidemiological and prevention implications.
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KEYWORD
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Trichuris vulpis, canine whipworm, micrometry, rhinitis
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