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. 2011 Jul;17(7):1301-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1707.101519.

Trichostrongylus colubriformis Nematode Infections in Humans, France

Stephanie Lattes, Hubert Ferte, Pascal Delaunay, Jerome Depaquit, Matteo Vassallo, Melanie Vittier, Sahare Kokcha, Eric Coulibaly, Pierre Marty

Trichostrongylus colubriformis Nematode Infections in Humans, France

Stephanie Lattes et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul.
No abstract available

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Trichostrongylus colubriformis nematode isolated from feces of a 47-year-old woman, France. A) Egg (length 89 µm) isolated by using direct examination (original magnification ×200). B) Third-stage larvae (length 740 µm, 16 intestinal cells, length of distal part of the sheath <40 µm) isolated by using fecal culture (original magnification ×50).
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