• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.225-230
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• 1995

The first human case of Diplogonoporus balaenoperae infection is reported in Korea. The pattent was a 41-year old male who passed a part of cestode strobila, about 1m long, spontaneously in his stool. He used to eat raw marine fish when he drank alcohol. The Worm was identified as D. balaenopterae after morhological observations and literature reveiw. Results of laboratory examination were within normal limits except for slight eosinophilia (6%) and extraordinarily high serum Ig E level (10, 182 IU/ml).