Macracanthorhynchus ingens from a child in Texas
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Published on: December 28, 2018
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|September 1, 1985
Abstract:
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.

