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Trichuris trichiura Incidentally Detected by Colonoscopy and Identified by a Genetic Analysis by Yuto Ishizaki; Kazumasa Kawashima; Naohiko Gunji; Michio Onizawa; Takuto Hikichi; Mitsuko Hasegawa; Hiromasa Ohira is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Although trichuriasis, a zoonotic disease, has recently become rare in Japan due to improved environmental hygiene, we herein report a 79-year-old man in whom a worm was incidentally found in the ascending colon during colonoscopy for positive fecal occult blood and was endoscopically removed. A genetic analysis identified the worm as __Trichuris trichiura__ possessing mixed sequences from non-human primate and human origins. Despite controversy regarding __Trichuris trichiura__ infection originating from Japanese macaques, according to some studies, it originates primarily from humans. This report suggests the efficacy of a genetic analysis for identifying infection sources.
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- Author
- Yuto Ishizaki; Kazumasa Kawashima; Naohiko Gunji; Michio Onizawa; Takuto Hikichi; Mitsuko Hasegawa; Hiromasa Ohira
- Publisher
- Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)