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Infection of Man with Trichuris Vulpis, the Whipworm of Dogs

Michael KenneyState University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Institute of Pathology, 451 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203

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Valentin YermakovState University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Institute of Pathology, 451 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1980.29.1205
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Volume 29: Issue 6
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1205–1208
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A gravid female Trichuris was found in histopathologic sections of an appendix in a post-mortem examination, and a posterior extremity of a male Trichuris was recovered from the unsectioned portion of the same appendix. These parasites were identified as T. vulpis, the whipworm of dogs.
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Copyright © 1980 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1980
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03 May 1980
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Published Online:
Nov 1980
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