Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 38 Issue 1
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- Pages.25-27
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- 2000
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
A human case of Stellantchasmus falcatus infection in Korea
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Hong, Sung-Jong
(Department of Parasitology, Chung-Ang University Faculty of Medicine)
- Published : 2000.03.01
Abstract
In an attempt to find the worm producing unidentified egg, one minute fluke was collect from a Korean patient after praziquantel administration. The fluke was identified to be Stellantchasmus falcatus by the expulsor. Brackish water fish was suggested to be a probable source of the infection.