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1 June 2002 Stictodora lari (Digenea: Heterophyidae): The Discovery of the First Human Infections
J-Y. Chai, E-T. Han, Y-K. Park, S-M. Guk, J-H. Park, S-H. Lee
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Abstract

Stictodora lari Yamaguti, 1939 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) was originally reported as an avian intestinal parasite and is here reported in humans. The patients were adults, aged 46–69 (2 men and 4 women), who resided in coastal villages in Sachon-gun, Kyongsangnam-do, or Shinan-gun, Chollanam-do, in the Republic of Korea. The worms were recovered after praziquantel treatment and purgation with magnesium salts. A total of 15 S. lari specimens (1–10 per individual) was collected, together with 5 other species of intestinal flukes. The flukes were morphologically characterized by a small body size (0.70–0.86 mm long and 0.27–0.36 mm wide), a ventrogenital sac, and a gonotyl armed with 70–80 spines in the form of a comma or reversed comma lying along their lateral margin. The patients had eaten the raw flesh of mullets and gobies that had been caught in an estuary near their villages. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first record of a human S. lari infection.

J-Y. Chai, E-T. Han, Y-K. Park, S-M. Guk, J-H. Park, and S-H. Lee "Stictodora lari (Digenea: Heterophyidae): The Discovery of the First Human Infections," Journal of Parasitology 88(3), 627-629, (1 June 2002). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0627:SLDHTD]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 June 2002
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