Molecular Identification of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei Tapeworm in Cases of Human Sparganosis, Hong Kong.
Human sparganosis is a foodborne zoonosis endemic in Asia. We report a series of 9 histologically confirmed human sparganosis cases in Hong Kong, China. All parasites were retrospectively identified as Spirometra erinaceieuropaei. Skin and soft tissue swelling was the most common symptom, followed by central nervous system lesions.
Tommy H C
TH
Tang
Samson S Y
SS
Wong
Christopher K C
CK
Lai
Rosana W S
RW
Poon
Helen S Y
HS
Chan
Tak Chiu
TC
Wu
Yuk-Fai
YF
Cheung
Tak-Lap
TL
Poon
Yi-Po
YP
Tsang
Wai-Lun
WL
Tang
Alan K L
AK
Wu
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D013146:Spirometra / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015047:Zoonoses
China; Hong Kong; Spirometra; Spirometra erinaceieuropaei; contaminated water; food safety; frog meat; parasites; snake meat; sparganosis; zoonoses