BERTIELLOSIS IN MAN: A REVIEW OF CASES

Author(s): DENEGRI Guillermo M., PEREZ-SERRANO Jorge
Keywords: Bertiella mucronata, Bertiella studeri, Anoplocephalidae, Human cases, Review, Zoonotic potentiality
Journal: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Year: 1997
Full text: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651997000200011
Publisher: Instituto de Medicina Tropical
Abstract: The presence of Bertiella mucronata and Bertiella studeri (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in humans is reviewed, and international infection rates and a bibliography included. Taxonomic, biological, epidemiological, pathological, diagnostic, control, prevention and therapeutic aspects of the zoonosis are analyzed, and the increase in zoonotic potentiality of the parasitosis is discussed