Human parasitism by Phagicola sp (Trematoda, Heterophyidae) in Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil Parasitismo humano por Phagicola sp. no município de Cananéia, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Pedro Paulo Chieffi, Olavo H. Leite, Rosa Maria D. Souza Dias, Domingas Maria A. Vieira Torres, Ana Célia S. Mangini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1990
• Subjects: Phagicola sp; Phagicola longa; Heterophyids; Human parasitism; Mullets; Mugil sp; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sudeste; Vaga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651990000400008; https://doaj.org/article/462673a930fd4a6086b5139d5d0dbda5

We report one case of parasitism by Phagicola sp. (Trematoda, Heterophyidae) in a 31 years-old woman who, in 1987, travelled and stayed several months in the municipality of Cananéia (SP), where she ingested, in various occasions, raw mullet (Mugil sp.). The patient refered mild intestinal pain and...