@article {12031, title = {Trichuris vulpis recovered from a patient with chronic diarrhea and five dogs}, journal = {Journal of Clinical Microbiology}, volume = {40}, number = {7}, year = {2002}, note = {Dunn, James J
Columbus, Sharon T
Aldeen, William E
Davis, Mark
Carroll, Karen C
eng
Case Reports
2002/06/29 10:00
J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Jul;40(7):2703-4.}, month = {Jul}, pages = {2703-4}, 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.

}, keywords = {Animals, Animals, Domestic/parasitology, Diarrhea/etiology/parasitology, Dogs/parasitology, Duodenal Ulcer/complications, Feces/parasitology, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Ovum/ultrastructure, Species Specificity, Trichuriasis/*diagnosis/etiology/parasitology, Trichuris/*isolation \& purification/*pathogenicity}, isbn = {0095-1137 (Print)
0095-1137 (Linking)}, author = {Dunn, JJ and Columbus, ST and Aldeen, WE and Davis, M and Carroll, KC} }