Nanophyetus salmincola

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Epidemiology

  • infection acquired by ingesting raw or inadequately cooked or smoked salmon or trout containing infectious metacercariae
  • distribution: Pacific northwest, far eastern Siberia

Clinical manifestations

Laboratory

Management

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References

  1. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1290
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 930
  3. Harrell LW, Deardorff TL. Human nanophyetiasis: transmission by handling naturally infected coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). J Infect Dis. 1990 Jan;161(1):146-8. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2295848