https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2009.2551

Infestation caused by acanthocephala

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2009)
Submitted: 17 February 2014
Accepted: 17 February 2014
Published: 31 March 2009
acanthocephala, diagnosis, human infestation, Moniliformis moniliformis, ova
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Daniele Crotti
nenedc@tin.it
An on-line case of infestation caused by M. moniliformis is descripted. This rodents’ worm, belonging to acanthocephala, can be rarely responsible of human intestinal pathology. The case is the pretext for a brief revision on this parasitosis. So, biological, epidemiological, clinical and diagnostical findings are reported.

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Crotti, D. (2009). Infestation caused by acanthocephala. Microbiologia Medica, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2009.2551

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