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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 74(5), 2006, pp. 810-813
Copyright © 2006 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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HUMAN INTESTINAL CAPILLARIASIS (CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS) IN TAIWAN

LI-HUA LU, MAU-ROUNG LIN, WAI-MAU CHOI, KAO-PIN HWANG, YUNG-HSIANG HSU, MING-JONG BAIR, JEAN-DEAN LIU, TSANG-EN WANG, TSANG-PAI LIU, AND WEN-CHENG CHUNG*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Tungs’ Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualian, Taiwan; Department of Gastroenterology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, Taiwan; Department of Gastroenterology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Gastroenterology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Department of General Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Parasitology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Capillaria philippinensis was first reported in 1963 in the Philippines. Major outbreaks have occurred in the Philippines and Thailand. This article reviews the known 30 intestinal capillariasis cases in Taiwan from January 1983 to December 2003. The infected cases were diagnosed each year with the exception of 1984 and 2002, making Taiwan a capillaria-prevalent area. Two Taiwanese aboriginal tribes, the Ami and Paiwan, presented a high prevalence. The males and elderly also had a high infection rate. Nine cases were diagnosed by histopathological biopsied specimens. About half of the 30 cases denied having consumed raw or undercooked fish. All cases recovered to health after receiving medication, with no deaths or recurrences.

Received March 5, 2004. Accepted for publication February 25, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Wen-Cheng Chung, Department of Parasitology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: hsuehu{at}nfa.gov.tw

Authors’ addresses: Li-Hua Lu, No. 699, Section 1, Chung-Chi Road, Wuchi, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC 43503. Mau-Roung Lin, Jean-Dean Liu, and Wen-Cheng Chung, No. 250, Wu-Shing Street, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC 11031, E-mail: hsuehu{at}nfa.gov.tw. Wai-Mau Choi, No. 690, Section 2, Guang-Fu Road, Hsinchu City, Taiwan, ROC 30071. Kao-Pin Hwang, No. 123, Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC 83301. Yung-Hsiang Hsu, No. 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan, ROC 97002. Ming-Jong Bair, No. 1, Lane 303, Chang-Sha Street, Taitung, Taiwan, ROC 95054. Tsang-En Wang and Tsang-Pai Liu, No. 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei, ROC 10449.

Reprint requests: Wen-Cheng Chung, Department of Parasitology, Taipei Medical University, No. 250 Wu-Shing St., Taipei 110, Taiwan, ROC, Telephone: 886-2-2377-2843, Fax: 886-2-2377-2843, E-mail: wcchung{at}tmu.edu.tw.






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