Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

  • 제52권3호
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  • Pages.291-294
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  • 2014
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  • 2982-5164(pISSN)
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  • 1738-0006(eISSN)
대한기생충학·열대의학회 (The Korea Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine)
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Four Human Cases of Acanthotrema felis (Digenea: Heterophyidae) Infection in Korea

  • Chai, Jong-Yil (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Lip (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Seo, Min (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
  • 투고 : 2014.02.09
  • 심사 : 2014.04.16
  • 발행 : 2014.06.30
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Acanthotrema felis is an intestinal trematode of cats originally reported from the Republic of Korea. Only 1 human case infected with a single adult worm has been previously recorded. In the present study, we report 4 human cases infected with a total of 10 worms recovered after anthelmintic treatment and purging. All 4 patients reside in coastal areas of Jeollanam-do, Korea, and have consumed brackish water fish including the gobies, Acanthogobius flavimanus. The worms averaged 0.47 mm in length and 0.27 mm in width, and had 3 sclerites on the ventrogenital sac; 1 was short and thumb-like, another was long and blunt-ended, and the 3rd was long and broad-tipped. They were identified as A. felis Sohn, Han, & Chai, 2003. Surveys on coastal areas to detect further human cases infected with A. felis are required.

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