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Parasite
Volume 8, june 2001
Xth International Conference on Trichinellosis (20-24 august 2000)
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| Page(s) | S180 - S182 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/200108s2180 | |
| Published online | 17 September 2014 | |
Xth ICT, August 2000
Congenital trichinellosis ? Case report
1
Parasitological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic.
2
Institute of Pathology of the Šafarik University and L. Pasteur University Hospital, Košice,, Slovak Republic.
3
Hospital Brezno, Slovak Republic.
* Correspondence : Pavol Dubinský. Tel.: +421 95 633 44 55 - Fax : +421 95 633 14 14 E-mail : dubinsky@saske.sk
A large trichinellosis outbreak in the Slovak Republic caused by the species Trichinella britovi and affecting 336 people also affected a pregnant woman. The mother was infected in the 10thth week of pregnancy and was treated with mebendazole. On her own request abortion was performed in the 22nd week of pregnancy. Medium lgM and high lgG anti-Trichinella antibody titres were found. The placenta, body cavities liquid, tissues and organs of the foetus contained 0.02 - 30 larvae per gram of tissue, measuring 0.68 ± 0.05 - 1.17 ± 0.07 mm, with blurred inner structure. Immunocytochemical examination identified Trichinella larvae that infected the foetus in the early stage of development.
Key words: trichinellosis / Trichinella britovi / foetus / intrauterine transmission
© PRINCEPS Editions, Paris, 2001, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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