%0 Journal Article
%T Inermicapsifer madagascariensis
%A Herrera Vald¨¦s
%A Nilda E.
%A D¨ªaz Garc¨ªa
%A Mar¨ªa Elena
%A Sandoval Acosta
%A Martha
%A Garc¨ªa Batista
%A Norma
%J Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
%D 2007
%I ECIMED
%X the case received at the microbiology laboratory of ¡°dr. luis d¨ªaz soto¡± higher institute of military medicine, in april 2004, of a 2-year-old girl that expelled ¡°grains of rice¡± in the feces is reported. the diagnosis of inermicapsifer madagascariensis was made. the parasite ¡°reappearance¡± led us to make a review of it, and of its incidence in cuba . after a ¡°silence¡± period since 1948, 2 cases were reported in havana city in 1996, and 23 cases were diagnosed in santa clara, in 2003. that is why a call is made to health care physicians on the presence of this parasite in our environment.
%K inermicapsiferiasis
%K parasitism due to inermicapsifer.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0138-65572007000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en