<i>Trichuris vulpis</i> Recovered from a Patient with Chronic Diarrhea and Five Dogs

Abstract

We report a case of human infection with the whipworm of dogs, Trichuris vulpis, in a woman with duodenal ulcer disease, chronic diarrhea, and close contact with dogs. Morphologically, T. vulpis ova resemble those of the human whipworm (T. trichiura) but are nearly twice their size.