Narr L L, O'Donnell J G, Libster B, Alessi P, Abraham D
Department of Medicine/Family Practice, Dorchester General Hospital, Cambridge, Md, USA.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1996 Jul;96(7):400-2.
The objective of this study was to heighten physician awareness of eustrongylidiasis by investigating the epidemiology of this parasitic infection. The nematode Eustrongylides ignotus was recovered surgically from our patient, in whom eustrongylidiasis simulated acute appendicitis. The patient had consumed two live minnows obtained from Big Timber Creek of Belmawr, NJ. The authors determined the E ignotus infestation rate of free-living minnows at this creek. With this data, they approximate the probability of human infection with E ignotus after eating live minnows and attempt to evaluate the hypothesis that eating live minnows may lead to eustrongylidiasis.
本研究的目的是通过调查这种寄生虫感染的流行病学情况，提高医生对真圆线虫病的认识。从我们的患者体内通过手术取出了线虫艾氏真圆线虫，该患者的真圆线虫病症状类似急性阑尾炎。该患者食用了两条从新泽西州贝尔莫尔的大 Timber 溪捕获的活米诺鱼。作者测定了这条溪流中自由生活的米诺鱼的艾氏真圆线虫感染率。利用这些数据，他们估算了食用活米诺鱼后人类感染艾氏真圆线虫的概率，并试图评估食用活米诺鱼可能导致真圆线虫病这一假说。
