INTESTINAL CAPILLARIASIS

被引:15
作者
CROSS, J
机构
[1] Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda
来源
PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1990年 / 6卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0169-4758(90)90389-L
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
What started out as an isolated report of an unknown intestinal parasitic disease has emerged as another disease of worldwide significance. Capillaria philippinensis was found in the intestines of a Filipino who suffered from an intractable diarrhoea and died in 1963. A few years later epidemics of intestinal cappillariasis erupted and spread to many parts of the Philippines. Thailand was also found to be endemic for the disease and in recent years, a few case reports have come from Japan, Iran and Egypt too. Since small freshwater and brackish water fish are considered to be the natural intermediate hosts, and fish-eating birds potential definitive hosts, John Cross suggests that the spread of the parasite may be attributable to migratory birds. © 1990.
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