TY - JOUR AU - Tang, Tommy H.C. AU - Wong, Samson S.Y. AU - Lai, Christopher K.C. AU - Poon, Rosana W.S. AU - Chan, Helen S.Y. AU - Wu, Tak Chiu AU - Cheung, Yuk-Fai AU - Poon, Tak-Lap AU - Tsang, Yi-Po AU - Tang, Wai-Lun AU - Wu, Alan K.L. T1 - Molecular Identification of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei Tapeworm in Cases of Human Sparganosis, Hong Kong T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 4 SP - 665 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Human sparganosis is a foodborne zoonosis endemic in Asia. We report a series of 9 histologically confirmed human sparganosis cases in Hong Kong, China. All parasites were retrospectively identified as Spirometra erinaceieuropaei. Skin and soft tissue swelling was the most common symptom, followed by central nervous system lesions. KW - sparganosis KW - Spirometra KW - Hong Kong KW - parasites KW - zoonoses KW - China KW - food safety KW - frog meat KW - snake meat KW - contaminated water KW - Spirometra erinaceieuropaei DO - 10.3201/eid2304.160791 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-0791_article ER - End of Reference