title: Trichuris vulpis recovered from a patient with chronic diarrhea and five dogs.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ARUP Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA.
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Sharon T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Columbus
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Aldeen
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Karen C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Carroll
mesh_terms: 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*