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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2014.52.3.291

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)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.52, no.3, 2014 , pp. 291-294 More about this Journal
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Acanthotrema felis; human infection; intestinal fluke; heterophyid fluke;
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