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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 33(5), 1984, pp. 1032-1034
Copyright © 1984 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Dioctophyma-Like Larval Nematode in a Subcutaneous Nodule from Man in Northern Thailand*

P. C. Beaver AND Chirasak Khamboonruang
Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, and Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

A nematode in a subcutaneous nodule from the anterior chest of a 12-year-old boy in Northern Thailand was identified as a third-stage larval dioctophymatid, possibly Dioctophyma renale, the second such larva to be reported from man.

Accepted for publication February 13, 1984.


* Supported in part by grant no. AI 04919 from the NIAID, National Institutes of Health.






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