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Five Confirmed Human Cases of Gnathostomiasis Nipponica Recently Found in Northern Japan
- Source :
- The Journal of Parasitology. 78:1006
- Publication Year :
- 1992
- Publisher :
- JSTOR, 1992.
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Abstract
- Five confirmed human cases of gnathostomiasis nipponica exhibiting creeping eruption and itching were found sporadically from the autumn of 1991 to the winter of 1992 in the northern region of the mainland of Japan. In all cases, a causative gnathostome with 3 transverse rows of hooklets on the head bulb was detected in biopsied skin. The morphological characteristics agreed with the advanced third-stage larvae of Gnathostoma nipponicum. Within a few weeks before development of symptoms, all patients had histories of eating raw freshwater fishes, kokanee (Salmo nerka nerka), carp (Cyprinus carpio), crucian carp (Carassius gibelio langsdorfi), or common ice-fish (Salangichthys microdon). However, they had never eaten raw loach, which is known as a source of human infections with G. nipponicum.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Carps
Zoology
Spirurida Infections
Biology
Cyprinus
Food Parasitology
Japan
Salmon
Zoonoses
medicine
Animals
Humans
Salmo
Carp
Gnathostoma
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aged
Gnathostomiasis
Larva
Fishes
Anatomy
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Microdon
Crucian carp
Carassius
Female
Parasitology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00223395
- Volume :
- 78
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Parasitology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8f5a0b953dca3366dd238725c6ec6303