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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.4.533

A Case of Ancylostoma ceylanicum Infection Occurring in an Australian Soldier Returned from Solomon Islands  

Speare, Rick (College of Public Health, Veterinary and Medical Sciences, James Cook University)
Bradbury, Richard Stewart (School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University)
Croese, John (Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Prince Charles Hospital)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.54, no.4, 2016 , pp. 533-536 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 26-year-old male member of the Australian Defense Force presented with a history of central abdominal pain of 4 weeks duration and peripheral eosinophilia consistent with eosinophilic enteritis. Acute hookworm disease was diagnosed as the cause. Adult worms recovered from feces after therapy with albendazole were morphologically consistent with Ancylostoma ceylanicum. As the patient had been deployed with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands for 6 months prior to this presentation, it is very likely that the A. ceylanicum was acquired in Solomon Islands. Until now, it has been assumed that any Ancylostoma spp. recovered from humans in Solomon Islands is A. duodenale. However, this case demonstrates that human hookworm infection acquired in the Solomon Islands could be caused by A. ceylanicum.
Keywords
Ancylostoma ceylanicum; hookworm; Solomon Islands; eosinophilic enteritis;
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