The First Case of a Human Infected with an Acanthocephalan Parasite, Bolbosoma sp.

Tada, Isao; Otsuji, Yoshito; Kamiya, Haruo; Mimori, Tatsuyuki; Sakaguchi, Y.; Makizumi, Senjo

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“…; Beaver et al 1983, Tada et al 1983, occasionally among the digeneans (several heterophyid species; Ito 1964, Taraschewski 1984 and cestodes (Diplogonoporus spp., Diphyllobothrium spp. ; Baer et al 1967, Kamo et al 1971) and more frequently among the nematodes (Oshima 1972, Smith & Wootten 1978.…”

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Flesh parasites of fish from central Philippine waters

Petersen¹,

Palm²,

Möller³

et al. 1993

Dis. Aquat. Org.

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In April 1990, 488 marine fish, belonging to 30 species from central Philippine waters, were investigated macroscopically for the occurrence of parasites in their flesh and for anisakid nematodes in their body cavity. Twenty-four fish were found to be infected by 1 of 4 different types of parasites. Unidentified Microspora were found in 4 host species from different families. Plerocercoids of the trypanorhynchid cestode Otobothrium penetrans occurred in the flesh of hemirhamphids and belonids only. Adult nematodes of the genus Philometra were found in the garfish Tylosurus crocodilus. The only parasite found which might be transferable to warm-blooded animals was the L-I11 stage of Anjsakis sp. from the body cavity and the muscle of Muraenesox cinereus. The risk of human infections by parasites through consumption of raw marine fish in the central Philippines therefore is considered to be low.

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Flesh parasites of fish from central Philippine waters

Petersen¹,

Palm²,

Möller³

et al. 1993

Dis. Aquat. Org.

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“…El género Bolbosoma incluye especies con potencial zoonótico y que pueden infectar ocasionalmente a humanos (Tada et al, 1983). Bolbosoma sp es un nuevo registro para el Perú y S. chiliensis es un nuevo hospedero.…”

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Ecología Comunitaria de Metazoos Parásitos del Bonito Sarda chiliensis Cuvier, 1832 (Perciformes: Scombridae) de la Costa Peruana

Chero

Sáez

Iannacone

et al. 2016

Rev. investig. vet. Perú

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Se analizó la comunidad de metazoos parásitos de S. chiliensis de la costa marina peruana. Se recolectaron 100 especímenes de S. chiliensis del Terminal Pesquero de Chorrillos, Lima, Perú entre enero de 2013 y diciembre de 2014 y se realizó la necropsia para estudiar su comunidad de metazoos parásitos. Los cestodos dominaron en riqueza de especies y en porcentaje de individuos colectados (N=5; 44.6%), seguido de los nematodos (N=4; 27.0%), acantocéfalos (N=3; 2.3%), trematodos (N=1; 23.2%) y finalmente los copépodos parásitos (N=1; 3%). Los endoparásitos dominaron (97%) frente a los ectoparásitos (3%). El 21.4% del total de parásitos colectados fueron formas maduras de metazoos de localización branquial y gastrointestinal y el 78.6% correspondió a formas larvarias. Los tres parásitos con mayor importancia específica (prevalencia y abundancia media) de 14 taxas encontradas fueron Sphyriocephalus tergestinus, Anisakis sp2 y Unitubulotestis pelamydis. La longitud total de S. chiliensis no presentó asociación entre la prevalencia y abundancia de dos parásitos, a excepción de U. pelamydis que observó relación entre la prevalencia y la talla del pez. La comparación entre los valores de kn (factor de condición relativo) entre peces parasitados y no parasitados de S. chiliensis, mostró diferencias para los tres parásitos, presentándose mayores valores en los no parasitados. Los valores de diversidad alfa mostraron mayores valores en las hembras que en los machos de S. chiliensis. Los valores de Chao-2 indican que en el componente comunitario se requiere incrementar el tamaño de la muestra debido a que se espera encontrar hasta 18 especies (22% adicionales).

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“…The most likely route of acquisition of acanthocephala by humans is the consumption of raw fish (a paratenic host) or insects (intermediate hosts) [3][4][5]7]. To date, all reported cases of acanthocephalans in humans have involved the gas-trointestinal tract.…”

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An eye-catching acanthocephalan

Haustein

Lawes

Harris

et al. 2010

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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Acanthocephala are endoparasitic worms with a characteristic retractile proboscis bearing rows of thorny hooks. They have been found in all classes of vertebrates; however, human infection appears to be rare and accidental. To date, all reported cases of acanthocephalans in humans have involved the gastrointestinal tract. Here we report for the first time the highly unusual finding of an immature acanthocephalan retrieved from a patient's eye.

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The First Case of a Human Infected with an Acanthocephalan Parasite, Bolbosoma sp.

Cited by 35 publications

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Flesh parasites of fish from central Philippine waters

Flesh parasites of fish from central Philippine waters

Ecología Comunitaria de Metazoos Parásitos del Bonito Sarda chiliensis Cuvier, 1832 (Perciformes: Scombridae) de la Costa Peruana

An eye-catching acanthocephalan

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