Accidental vaginal parasitism by oligochaete worms (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Accidental vaginal parasitism by oligochaete worms (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Two independent cases of oligochaete worms recovered from Korean women’s vaginas are reported. Both specimens were non-parasitic cosmopolitan exotics identified as: microdrile tubificid Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède, 1862 (Tubificidae) and megadrile dichogastrid Dichogaster bolaui (Michaelsen,...

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Main Authors: Blakemore, R.J., Lee, W., Ryu, J.-S., Ahn, M.-H., Kim, S.R.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Eötvös Loránd University 2012-12-01
Series:Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis
Subjects:
Vagina
pseudo-parasitism
gynecology
medical
free-living
exotic worms
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