Infection of man with Trichuris vulpis, the whipworm of dogs.
A gravid female Trichuris was found in histopathologic sections of an appendix in a post-mortem examination, and a posterior extremity of a male Trichuris was recovered from the unsectioned portion of the same appendix. These parasites were identified as T. vulpis, the whipworm of dogs.
D000818:Animals; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010063:Ovum / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000473:pathology*; D014258:Trichuris / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000472:pathogenicity