Kumar V, Vercruysse J, Kageruka P, Mortelmans J
J Helminthol. 1975 Dec;49(4):289-92. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x00026298.
Two cases of Nasitrema sp (Trematoda) infection of the bottlenosed dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, are reported and N. attenuata is briefly redescribed. The adults of the trematode occurring in the nasal sinuses and posterior nasal passage of the dolphins are considered as practically harmless for the host but thier eggs, aspirated deep into the bronchial tree, may initiate a foreign-body of inflammatory reaction in the lungs and continuous aspiration of such eggs may provoke a chronic pneumonia condition.
报道了两例宽吻海豚（Tursiops truncatus）感染鼻吸虫属（吸虫纲）的病例，并对减毒鼻吸虫进行了简要的重新描述。寄生于海豚鼻窦和后鼻孔通道的吸虫成虫对宿主几乎无害，但其虫卵被吸入支气管树深处，可能引发肺部的异物炎症反应，持续吸入此类虫卵可能引发慢性肺炎。
