Rare Case of Enteric Ancylostoma caninum Hookworm Infection, South Korea

A 60-year-old man from South Korea underwent a colonoscopy. A juvenile female worm showing 3 pairs of teeth in the buccal cavity was recovered from the descending colon. Partial sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region showed 100% identity with Ancylostoma caninum, the dog hookworm.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2020-01, Vol.26 (1), p.181-183
Hauptverfasser:	Jung, Bong-Kwang, Lee, Jung-Yeop, Chang, Taehee, Song, Hyemi, Chai, Jong-Yil
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Ancylostoma - genetics Ancylostoma caninum Ancylostomiasis - diagnosis Ancylostomiasis - epidemiology Ancylostomiasis - parasitology Animals Colonoscopy dog hookworm Dogs Domestic cats Eggs enteric infections Enteritis Health promotion Hookworm Infection, South Korea Humans Identity Infections Laboratories Male Medical schools Middle Aged Pain parasites Parasitic diseases Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Rare Case of Enteric Republic of Korea - epidemiology Research Letter Roundworm infections Sequence Analysis, DNA South Korea Tropical diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	A 60-year-old man from South Korea underwent a colonoscopy. A juvenile female worm showing 3 pairs of teeth in the buccal cavity was recovered from the descending colon. Partial sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region showed 100% identity with Ancylostoma caninum, the dog hookworm.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2601.191335