Human bertiellosis: second report in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Authors

  • Amália Verônica Mendes da Silva UFG
  • Felipe Cosenza S. Arruda
  • Gabriela A. Costa
  • Hudson Andrade dos Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v40i2.14944

Keywords:

Anoplocephalidae, Bertiella, Human Bertiellosis.

Abstract

A new case of human bertiellosis is reported in an eight year-old male child, who lived in the rural area of the Caeté municipality, in Minas Gerais State. The child presented with a history of periumbilical abdominal pain, hyporexia, vomiting, diarrhoea, and holocranial headache. White flat structures were found in the child’s stool. In the parasitological stool examination, hookworms, Rodentolepis (=Hymenolepis) nana, and Bertiella sp. eggs were identified. Proglottides found in the stool specimen were identified as being of Bertiella sp.

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Published

2011-07-06

How to Cite

SILVA, A. V. M. da; ARRUDA, F. C. S.; COSTA, G. A.; SANTOS, H. A. dos. Human bertiellosis: second report in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 40, n. 2, p. 185–190, 2011. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v40i2.14944. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/14944. Acesso em: 4 dec. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 2 (2011)

Section

CASE REPORT

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