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Zoonotic Ancylostoma ceylanicum infection detected by endoscopy

Ngui R 1 , Lim YA 2 , Ismail WH 2 , Lim KN 2 , Mahmud R 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Parasite Southeast Asia Diagnostic (Para:SEAD) Laboratory, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Sunway Medical Centre, No. 5, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia skyromano@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Parasite Southeast Asia Diagnostic (Para:SEAD) Laboratory, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Sunway Medical Centre, No. 5, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2014 Jul;91(1):86-8.
PMID: 24891471 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0756

Abstract

We report a case of Ancylostoma ceylanicum infection detected by endoscopy. It was diagnosed and confirmed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing. The patient is a 58-year-old Malaysian woman who lives in a rural area, where uncontrolled populations of stray and semidomesticated dogs live in close proximity with humans.

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