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A case of human fasciolosis: discrepancy between egg size and genotype of Fasciola sp.
Parasitology research - 1 Feb 2007
Inoue Ken, Kanemasa Hidetoshi, Inoue Kaori, Matsumoto Masafumi, Kajita Yoshihiro, Mitsufuji Shoji, Kataoka Keisyo, Okanoue Takeshi, Yamada Minoru, Uchikawa Ryuichi, Tegoshi Tatsuya, Arizono Naoki
Abstract excerpt
In human fasciolosis, differential diagnosis of the causative flukes, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, is problematic. We report a rare case of human fasciolosis in which an adult worm was recovered from the bile duct of a Japanese man. Morphometric data of the worm were consistent with those of F. hepatica, whereas the size of eggs in the stool indicated infection with F. gigantica. Nucleotide sequences...
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