A case of Diphyllobothrium latum infection in a 49-year old man is described, and diphyllobothriasis latum in the Republic of Korea is briefly reviewed. An incomplete strobila of a tapeworm, 95 cm in length, without scolex and neck, was spontaneously discharged in the feces of a patient. On the basis of morphologic characteristics of the worm and eggs, the worm was identified as D. latum. The p...

We describe here the mass death of predatory carp, Chanodichthys erythropterus, in Korea induced by plerocercoid larvae of Ligula intestinalis as a result of host manipulation. The carcasses of fish with ligulid larvae were first found in the river-edge areas of Chilgok-bo in Nakdong-gang (River), Korea at early February 2016. This ecological phenomena also occurred in the adjacent areas of 3 d...

(From the Hookv>orm Research Laboratory, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine ancl Hygiene, supported by the Indian Jute Mills Association.) A portion of a tapeworm was sent by Capt. N. N. Ghosh of Naryanganj for identification. The history was that a boy eight years of age had been passing similar bodies at intervals of a week or so for some timepast. The specimen consisted 14 segments of a ta...

The patient, a girl of seventeen years, was admitted to the MIater Infirmnorum Hospital on 3rd November, 1933, as a case of acute appendicitis. She gave a typical history of abdominial pain follovwed by nausea and vomiting, the pain later settling down in the right iliac fossa, where, on admissioni, she was tender and rigid. Immecliate operation was decided onl. At operationi niothing unusual w...

Abstract Background Cysticercosis is caused by parasitic infestation of larval stage pork tapeworm (Taenia solium). It a result accidental ingestion contaminated water and food from eggs tape worm due to poor sanitation. Pigs serve as intermediate host. The most common sites cysticercosis are the muscles, heart, liver but such tongue, buccal mucosa, cheek, or floor mouth rare. Case presentation...