Piscine Adult Nematode Invading an Open Lesion in a Human Hand

Thomas L. Deardorff Fishery Research Branch, Food and Drug Administration, Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528

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Robin M. Overstreet Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564

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May Okihiro John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

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Roland Tam St. Francis Medical Office Building, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1986.35.827
Volume/Issue:
Volume 35: Issue 4
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827–830
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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.
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Copyright © 1986 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1986
Accepted:
11 Mar 1986
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Published Online:
Jul 1986
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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