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A human case of gnathostomiasis nipponica confirmed indirectly by finding infective larvae in leftover largemouth
K Ishida1, T Kubota, S Matsuda
1Department of Parasitology, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan. isidak@med.akita-u.ac.jp
The Journal of Parasitology
|May 23, 2003
Abstract:
A human case of creeping eruption due to Gnathostoma nipponicum was confirmed indirectly by finding infective advanced third-stage larvae in leftover largemouth bass meat. This is the first report indicating that the largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) serves as a source of G. nipponicum infection in humans.
