Browsing by Subject "Food Parasitology"

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Capillaria hepatica pseudoinfection

Cabada, Miguel M.; Lopez, Martha; White Jr., A.Clinton (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)

A 54-year-old male Matsigenka native from the Manu jungle of Peru presented with the eggs shown in Figure 1. Kato Katz (Figure 2) testing revealed 1,500 eggs/g stool. The white blood cell count with differential, liver ...
Fascioliasis and eosinophilia in the highlands of Cuzco, Peru and their association with water and socioeconomic factors

Cabada, Miguel M.; Goodrich, Mary R.; Graham, Brittany; Villanueva-Meyer, Pablo G.; Lopez, Martha; Arque, Eulogia; White, A. Clinton Jr (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014)

There are limited data about the epidemiology of fascioliasis in Cuzco, Peru. We studied children 3-12 years old from six communities in the highlands of Cuzco to evaluate the epidemiology of fascioliasis; 227 children ...
Gnathostomiasis: an emerging infectious disease relevant to all dermatologists

Bravo Puccio, Francisco Gerardo; Gontijo, Bernardo (Elsevier, 2018)

Gnathostomiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the third larval stage of nematodes of the genus Gnathostoma. The disease is endemic in some countries around the world. In the American continent, the majority of cases ...

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