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Accidental vaginal parasitism by oligochaete worms (Annelida: Oligochaeta)
- Source :
- Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, Vol 43, Iss 2, Pp 197-201 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Eötvös Loránd University, 2012.
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Abstract
- Two independent cases of oligochaete worms recovered from Korean women’s vaginas are reported. Both specimens were non-parasitic cosmopolitan exotics identified as: microdrile tubificid Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède, 1862 (Tubificidae) and megadrile dichogastrid Dichogaster bolaui (Michaelsen, 1891) (Octochaetidae) – a new record for Korea. The tubificid is a freshwater euryhaline species that may reach high numbers in organically rich water e.g. in a paddy field, whereas the earthworm is commonly intercepted by quarantine in plant or vegetable cargos and also appears in bathtubs when it inhabits drainage sys¬tems. Thus, bathing/douching, field working or picnicking without a blanket are suggested as possible modes of ingress. Oligo¬chaetes rarely occur in live human bodies but the few previous historical records are reviewed.
Details
- Language :
- German, English
- ISSN :
- 02375419
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.fedbe5423e0043ebaddf51159d276ae1
- Document Type :
- article