Macracanthorhynchus ingens from a child in Texas

Dingley, D.; Beaver, P.C.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 34(5): 918-920

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9637
PMID: 4037182
Document Number: 257685
Nine acanthocephala recovered over a two-month period from the stools of a 10-month-old child in Texas were identified as Macracanthorhynchus ingens, a common intestinal parasite of the raccoon, Procyon lotor.

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