Trichuris vulpis infection in slum children.
Trichuris vulpis was identified in two children from urban slums. Both of them had nonspecific abdominal pain and one had episodes of diarrhea. Clinical recovery was good after treatment with mebendazole.
Mirdha
B R
BR
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Singh
Y G
YG
Samantray
J C
JC
Mishra
B
B
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011204:Poverty Areas; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000175:diagnosis*