1997 年在高雄縣三民鄉民生國釔進行學童腸道寄生蟲調查,於一位12歲布農族男性學童糞便中檢獲肝毛細線蟲蟲卵,同時亦發現鞭蟲卵及蛔蟲卵。肝毛細線蟲卵呈淡黃棕色,長54(40-60)um寬 29 (25-35) um,殼厚3(3-4)um,兩端具無色透明卵蓋7(5-9)*6(5-8)um。此為台第八位偽肝毛細線之病例。除報告此病例外,並簡述各國感染肝毛細線蟲之人體真偽病例,及其在鼠體之感染率。
A 12-year-old Bunun aboriginal school student in Sanmin District Kaohsiung County, Southern Taiwan, was found to have Capillaria hepatica eggs in the feces during a survey on intestinal parasitic infection in 1997. Moreover, this student was also infected with Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides. T he C. hepatica eggs were light yellowish-brown in color, 54 (40-60) μm in length and 29 (25-35) μm in width with a 3 (3-4) μm thick shell and two colorless egg plugs 7 (5-9) x 6 (5-8) μm. This is the eighth case of human spurious C. hepatica infection in Taiwan. In addition to the reporting of this case, the genuine and spurious infections of C. hepatica in humans as well as its infection in rats around the world are briefly reviewed.