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Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003
Research

Gnathostomiasis: An Emerging Imported Disease

David A.J. Moore*, Janice McCrodden*, Paron Dekumyoy†, and Peter L Chiodini*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, U.K.; †Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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Table

Background information on patients in whom Gnathostoma infection was identified, April 1, 2000, to March 31, 2001, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Londona

Patient
no. Age Referral source Travel history Eosinophil count 
(x 109/L)b Symptom duration
1c 26 GP China, South Korea, Canada, Hong Kong, Tunisia 0.10 9 mo
2 26 General physician Bangladesh, Italy 2.20 6 mo
3c 37 Rheumatologist Bangladesh 4.37 3 y
4 28 HTD walk-in Japan, Cuba 0.17 2 mo
5 35 GP India, Sri Lanka NA 3 y
6 34 HTD walk-in South Africa, New Zealand, Jakarta, Singapore 0.80 3 mo
7 49 Dermatologist India, Thailand 0.1 13 mo
8 51 GP Sri Lanka, Brazil, Cambodia 0.08 2 y
9 26 Rheumatologist India 1.33 3 y
10 27 GP Bangladesh 1.10 5 y
11 23 GP SE Asia, Australia 0.00 4 mo
12 25 self Japan, SE Asia, USA, Canada 0.11 13 mo
13 24 HTD walk-in SE Asia, India, China 0.96 3 wk
14c 49 Gastroenterologist Far East, Caribbean, USA 0.95 12 mo
15 57 GP Vietnam, Thailand 0.26 6 mo
16c 30 GP Borneo, Belize, Ecuador, Peru, Australia 0.11 12 mo

aGP, general practitioner; HTD walk-in, Hospital for Tropical Diseases emergency walk-in clinic; NA, not available.
bNormal range 0–0.4 x 109/l.
cDenotes case history in text.

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