Trichuris vulpis recovered from a patient with chronic diarrhea and five dogs.
We report a case of human infection with the whipworm of dogs, Trichuris vulpis, in a woman with duodenal ulcer disease, chronic diarrhea, and close contact with dogs. Morphologically, T. vulpis ova resemble those of the human whipworm (T. trichiura) but are nearly twice their size.
Dunn
James J
JJ
ARUP Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA.
Columbus
Sharon T
ST
Aldeen
William E
WE
Davis
Mark
M
Carroll
Karen C
KC
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010063:Ovum / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013045:Species Specificity; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014258:Trichuris / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*