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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 35(4), 1986, pp. 827-830
Copyright © 1986 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Piscine Adult Nematode Invading an Open Lesion in a Human Hand

Thomas L. Deardorff*, Robin M. Overstreet**, May Okihiro{dagger} AND Roland Tam{ddagger}
* Fishery Research Branch, Food and Drug Administration, Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528
** Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564
{dagger} John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
{ddagger} St. Francis Medical Office Building, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

The first case of an adult, parasitic nematode entering an open lesion is reported. A female dracunculoid, Philometra sp., invaded a puncture wound in a fisherman's hand while he was filleting an infected carangid fish, Caranx melampygus, in Hawaii. This accidental infection represents a previously unrecognized risk in handling uncooked, infected fish.

Accepted for publication March 11, 1986.






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