title: First Case Report of Canthariasis in an Infant Caused by the Larvae of Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae).
abstract: We report an unusual cause of gastrointestinal infection occurring in a 1-year-old infant patient who was brought to a public hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Larvae passed out in the patient's feces were confirmed by DNA barcoding as belonging to the species, Lasioderma serricorne (F.), known as the cigarette beetle. We postulate that the larvae were acquired from contaminated food and were responsible for gastrointestinal symptoms in the patient. To our knowledge, this the first report of human canthariasis caused by larvae of L. serricorne.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (aidasyafinaz87@gmail.com; rohela@ummc.edu.my; johnjeffery4@gmail.com; yllau@ummc.edu.my; noisha@ummc.edu.my).
authors.forename: Aida Syafinaz
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mokhtar
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (drsridharganiga@yahoo.coml).
authors.forename: Ganiga Srinivasaiah
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sridhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (aidasyafinaz87@gmail.com; rohela@ummc.edu.my; johnjeffery4@gmail.com; yllau@ummc.edu.my; noisha@ummc.edu.my).
authors.forename: Rohela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (aidasyafinaz87@gmail.com; rohela@ummc.edu.my; johnjeffery4@gmail.com; yllau@ummc.edu.my; noisha@ummc.edu.my).
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (aidasyafinaz87@gmail.com; rohela@ummc.edu.my; johnjeffery4@gmail.com; yllau@ummc.edu.my; noisha@ummc.edu.my).
authors.forename: Yee Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: Museum of Zoology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (johnwilson@um.edu.my).|Ecology and Biodiversity Program, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: John-James
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (aidasyafinaz87@gmail.com; rohela@ummc.edu.my; johnjeffery4@gmail.com; yllau@ummc.edu.my; noisha@ummc.edu.my).
authors.forename: Noraishah Mydin
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Abdul-Aziz
keywords: 
            Lasioderma serricorne
          ; DNA barcoding; Malaysia; canthariasis; pediatric