Chu G S, Palmieri J R, Sullivan J T
Trop Geogr Med. 1977 Dec;29(4):422-7.
A reported practice of live beetle ingestion in Southeast Asia was investigated among urban Chinese in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Results of four casefindings are: (1) this practice may not be confined to West Malaysia, (2) it occurs among Chinese and Malays, (3) the original use of the beetles as an aphrodisiac has been modified to include treatment of a wide variety of ailments and diseases and (4) the practice is relatively uncommon among urban Chinese. It was also found through experimental studies that ingestion of the live beetles (Palembus dermestoides) represented a potential public health hazard in that the beetles were able to serve as a host for the human-infecting tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta (Sullivan et al., 1977).
在马来西亚吉隆坡的城市华人中，对东南亚报道的食用活甲虫的行为进行了调查。四项病例发现的结果是：（1）这种行为可能不仅限于马来西亚西部；（2）华人和马来人中都有发生；（3）最初将甲虫用作壮阳药的用途已扩展至包括治疗多种疾病；（4）这种行为在城市华人中相对不常见。通过实验研究还发现，食用活甲虫（皮蠹隐翅虫）存在潜在的公共卫生危害，因为这些甲虫能够成为感染人类的微小膜壳绦虫的宿主（沙利文等人，1977年）。
