Human case of gastric infection by a fourth larval stage of Pseudoterranova decipiens (Nematoda, Anisakidae)

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Rubén Mercado (Author), Patricio Torres (Author), Jorge Maira (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Universidade de São Paulo.
• Ngā marau: article
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Only three cases of human infection by anisakid nematodes have been reported in Chile since 1976. In the present case, an anisakid worm, identified as a fourth-stage Pseudoterranova decipiens larva, was removed with a gastroendoscopic biopsy clipper from the stomach of a 45 year-old man from souther...