Human eosinophilic enteritis caused by dog hookworm Ancylostoma caninum.
An epidemic of eosinophilic enteritis (93 cases) has occurred in Townsville, northern Queensland, Australia. A hookworm was found attached to a resected, inflamed ileal segment from 1 patient but the species could not be identified. An adult hookworm of species Ancylostoma caninum was recovered at colonoscopy from the terminal ileum of a later patient. All of 38 patients interviewed in an epidemiological survey described behaviour which could have exposed them to infective larvae of this widespread dog parasite.
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Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000722:Ancylostoma / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000724:Ancylostomiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D004751:Enteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology