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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2012.50.1.69

$Trichuris$ $vulpis$ (Froelich, 1789) Infection in a Child: A Case Report  

Marquez-Navarro, Adrian (Departamento de Parasitologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas-IPN)
Garcia-Bracamontes, Gudelio (Hospital General de Ometepec)
Alvarez-Fernandez, Blanca E. (Unidad Academica de Ciencias Quimico Biologicas de la U.A.G.)
Avila-Caballero, Luz P. (Unidad Academica de Ciencias Quimico Biologicas de la U.A.G.)
Santos-Aranda, Isabel (Unidad Academica de Ciencias Quimico Biologicas de la U.A.G.)
Diaz-Chiguer, Dylan L. (Departamento de Parasitologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas-IPN)
Sanchez-Manzano, Rosa M. (Departamento de Parasitologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas-IPN)
Rodriguez-Bataz, Elvia (Unidad Academica de Ciencias Quimico Biologicas de la U.A.G.)
Nogueda-Torres, Benjamin (Departamento de Parasitologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas-IPN)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.50, no.1, 2012 , pp. 69-71 More about this Journal
Abstract
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 ${\mu}m$ by 44 ${\mu}m$ (range 86-99 ${\mu}m$ by 38-47 ${\mu}m$). 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.
Keywords
Trichuris vulpis; canine whipworm; micrometry; rhinitis;
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