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Case Reports
. 2013 Aug;19(8):1340-1.
doi: 10.3201/eid1908.121710.

Autochthonous human schistosomiasis, Malaysia

Baha Latif, Chong Chin Heo, Rahimi Razuin, Devi V Shamalaa, Dennis Tappe
Case Reports

Autochthonous human schistosomiasis, Malaysia

Baha Latif et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Malaysia; Schistosoma malayensis; ecotourism; parasite; public health; schistosomiasis; zoonoses.

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Close-up of liver granuloma with section through 3 Schistosoma malayensis-–like ova embedded in dense fibrous tissue. The thin-walled, nonstriated helminth ova are not operculated and contain nonvital miracidial cells. Hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification ×100.
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