Sparganosis in the United States: Report of a Case
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- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 66 (3) , 560-564
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/66.3.560
Abstract
A 20-year-old Philadelphia woman (recently moved from South Carolina) had sparganosis of her lower anterior abdominal wall. In the United States sparganosis occurs when man enters the life cycle of clog or cat tapeworms of the genus Spirometra. Most of the American cases have been reported from the southeastern United States, and the most probable source of infection is contaminated drinking water. Sporadic cases have also been seen in other parts of the country. If the pathologist is familiar with the morphology of spargana, the gross and histologic features are sufficient for identification of genus Spirometra.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Human Sparganosis in the United StatesJournal of Parasitology, 1963