Pathological and parasitological aspects of the first autochthonous case of human paragonimiasis in Venezuela.
A worm found in histopathologic sections of a lung piece of a young Venezuelan male was identified as a Paragonimus sp. Definitive identification of the species was not possible since only a deteriorated segment of the worm was recovered, nevertheless comparison with other known species is discussed. This is the first report of an indigenous case of human paragonimiasis in Venezuela.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D010238:Paragonimus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014687:Venezuela