Parasitological aspects of Capillaria philippinensis recovered from Egyptian patients
El-Dib, N.A.; Ahmed, J.A.; El-Arousy, M.; Mahmoud, M.A.; Garo, K.
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 29(1): 139-147
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 1110-0583 PMID: 12561893 Document Number: 509292
Seven new cases of intestinal capillariasis were detected in Kasr El-Aini University Hospitals, Cairo, during the period from July 1997 to June 1998. A parasitological study concerning the morphological features of Capillaria philippinensis recovered from the stool of Egyptian cases was carried out. Eggs were separated, cultured and used to infect Oreochromis nilotica niloticus, a famous popularly consumed type of fresh water fish in Egypt in a trial for identification of the fish intermediate host for this parasite, but infection had not developed in the intestine of this species of fish.