Volume 17, Number 7—July 2011
Letter
Trichostrongylus colubriformis Nematode Infections in Humans, France
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Figure. Trichostrongylus colubriformis nematode isolated from feces of a 47-year-old woman, France. A) Egg (length 89 µm) isolated by using direct examination (original magnification ×200). B) Third-stage larvae (length 740 µm, 16 intestinal cells, length of distal part of the sheath <40 µm) isolated by using fecal culture (original magnification ×50).
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