Web Link Sources:

• parasitology.hallym.ac.kr/kyoyuk/won/2000/sparganosis.html
  
• web.missouri.edu/~vmicrorc/Platyhelminths/Cestodes/Spirometra.htm
  
• biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/sparganosis.html
  
• Openglobe.med.uoeh-u.ac.jp/4iwc/sessions/posters/PA0132
  
• http://imr.gov.my/ehrc/CV-Mastura.htm
  

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