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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 31(6), 1982, pp. 1111-1113
Copyright © 1982 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Lagochilascaris minor Infection in Venezuela

Report of a Case

Gregorio S. G. Volcan, Francisco Rojas Ochoa, Clemencia E. Medrano AND Yolanda de Valera
Departamento de Parasitología y Microbiología y Departamento de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Oriente, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

Abstract. A Lagochilascaris minor infection in a 6-year-old Venezuelan girl with a 4-year history of nasal obstruction is reported. Treatment with levamisole resulted in clinical and radiological cure. Eggs of L. minor were observed in the patient's feces; these were cultured to second stage larvae.

Accepted for publication April 14, 1982.






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