Trichuris vulpis (Froelich, 1789) infection in a child: A case report

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-71

  Márquez Navarro, Adrian ^a   García Bracamontes, Gudelio ^b   Álvarez Fernández, Blanca E ^c   Ávila Caballero, Luz P ^c   Santos Aranda, Isabel ^c   Díaz Chiguer, Dylan L ^a   Sánchez Manzano, Rosa M ^a   Rodríguez Bataz, Elvia ^c   Nogueda Torres, Benjamín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b Hospital General de Ometepe   (Mexico)

^c Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Canine whipworm; Micrometry; Rhinitis; Trichuris vulpis

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; EPISTAXIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS VULPIS;

ANIMALS; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; TRICHURIS VULPIS;

EID: 84858989585     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.1.69     Document Type: Article

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