which has already been reported in humans in Japan. DNA analysis on 18S rRNA partial sequence arrangements was also carried out and both worms were assumed to be close to the genus Paragordionus based on tree analysis, and far from Gordius sp. (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) based on the characteristic morphologies of cross sections and areoles in the cuticle. They were identified as Parachordodes sp. Both worms were males having bifurcated posterior ends and male gonads in cross sectional specimens. Two gordiid worms were collected in the vomit and excreta of an 80-year-old woman in November 2009 in Kyoto city, and in the mouth of 1-year-old boy in December 2009 in Nara city, Japan, respectively. The present study was performed to describe 2 human cases infected by the horsehair worm, Parachordodes sp., in Japan.
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