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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 32(2), 1983, pp. 376-378
Copyright © 1983 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Cutaneous Paragonimiasis in Man in Honduras*

Rodrigo R. Brenes{dagger}, M. D. Little{ddagger}, Oscar Raudales§, Guillermo Múñoz{dagger} AND Carlos Ponce||
Departmento de Parasitología, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
{dagger} Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
{ddagger} Hospital Leonardo Martínez, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
§ and Centro de Investigacíon y Desarrollo, Tegucigalpa, Honduras||

A worm found in histopathologic sections of the skin of a 31-year-old man in Honduras was identified as Paragonimus sp. The worm was immature, and specific identification was not possible. This is the second human case of paragonimiasis in Honduras.

Accepted for publication August 13, 1982.


* Supported in part by grant number AI-04919 from the NIAID, National Institutes of Health.






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