ADDITIONAL 12 CASES OF DIPLOGONOPORIASIS IN KOCHI PREFECTURE

Abstract

Twenty-two cases of Diplogonoporus grandis infection have already been reported from Kochi Prefecture, and in this report, additional 12 cases were described.
In contrast to other regions, Kochi Prefecture aparently exhibits a marked increase in the incidence of cases in recent years.
Since the first description of this tapeworm was reported by Iijima and Kurimoto (1984) in Nagasaki Prefecture, the 162 cases of human infection with the worm were recorded in Japan in the literatures until 1989.