A Case of Rictularia Infection of Man in New York

Michael Kenney State University of New York, Kings County Hospital Center, Institute of Pathology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 11203

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Laverne K. Eveland State University of New York, Kings County Hospital Center, Institute of Pathology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 11203

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Valentin Yermakov State University of New York, Kings County Hospital Center, Institute of Pathology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 11203

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Dicran Y. Kassouny State University of New York, Kings County Hospital Center, Institute of Pathology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 11203

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1975.24.596
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Volume 24: Issue 4
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596–599
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A gravid female nematode was found in histopathologic sections of an appendix in a postmortem examination. This parasite was identified as Rictularia, a genus of small intestinal parasites in numerous mammals. The parasites of this genus have not previously been identified in man.

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Copyright © 1975 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1975
Accepted:
30 Nov 1974
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Published Online:
Jul 1975
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637

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First Report. World Health Organization Technical Report Series No. 62 (Available also in French). 26 pp. Geneva, W.H.O., Palais des Nations. March, 1953. Price 1/6, $0.20, Fr. fr. 65.-; Sw. fr. 0.80

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