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Rebecca J Chancey1, Sarah G H Sapp1, Mark Fox1
1Parasitic Diseases Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
|February 8, 2021
Abstract:
Limited data exist on human Macracanthorhynchus infections. We report an asymptomatic 17-month-old who passed eggs and an adult Macracanthorhynchus ingens worm, indicating parasite maturation and reproduction. Macracanthorhynchus ingens may have a greater capacity to mature in humans versus Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus.
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