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- Title
A Case of Ancylostoma ceylanicum Infection Occurring in an Australian Soldier Returned from Solomon Islands.
- Authors
Speare, Rick; Bradbury, Richard Stewart; Croese, John
- Abstract
A 26-year-old male member of the Australian Defense Force presented with a history of central abdominal pain of 4 weeks duration and peripheral eosinophilia consistent with eosinophilic enteritis. Acute hookworm disease was diagnosed as the cause. Adult worms recovered from feces after therapy with albendazole were morphologically consistent with Ancylostoma ceylanicum. As the patient had been deployed with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands for 6 months prior to this presentation, it is very likely that the A. ceylanicum was acquired in Solomon Islands. Until now, it has been assumed that any Ancylostoma spp. recovered from humans in Solomon Islands is A. duodenale. However, this case demonstrates that human hookworm infection acquired in the Solomon Islands could be caused by A. ceylanicum.
- Subjects
SOLOMON Islands; HOOKWORM disease; ANCYLOSTOMA; DISEASES in military personnel; AUSTRALIA. Australian Defence Force
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2016, Vol 54, Issue 4, p533
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2016.54.4.533