Kobayashi A, Katakura K, Hamada A, Suzuki T, Hataba Y, Tashiro N, Yoshida A
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1986 Jan;35(1):159-61. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1986.35.159.
Dracunculus medinensis was recovered from a 42-year-old man residing in Shizuoka, Japan. Part of an adult female worm was removed from an abscess in the subcutaneous tissue on his right gastrocnemial muscle. The worm's morphology and that of the embryos found in its uterus revealed that the parasite was Dracunculus medinensis. This is the first human case of dracunculiasis acquired in Japan.
麦地那龙线虫是从一名居住在日本静冈的42岁男子体内发现的。从他右腓肠肌皮下组织的脓肿中取出了一段成年雌性虫体。该线虫及其子宫内胚胎的形态表明，该寄生虫为麦地那龙线虫。这是日本首例获得性麦地那龙线虫病的人类病例。
