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Occurrence of human sparganosis in Kerala

Human sparganosis is a rare zoonotic disease caused by the larval stages of Spirometra sp. A seven cm worm recovered from a painful swelling in the right inguinal region of a 9 year old boy from Kunnamkulam in Thrissur District, Kerala was identified as sparganum based on morphology. This is the fir...

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Published in:J Parasit Dis
Main Authors: Sabu, Lucy, Lakshmanan, Bindu, Devada, K., Sundaresh Kumar, P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer India 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675562/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26688651
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12639-014-0421-y
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