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 ¥ìm by 44 ¥ìm (range 86-99 ¥ìm by 38-47 ¥ìm). 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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