Human diphyllobothriosis in Taiwan: A review of cases and molecular evidence of Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis [PDF]
Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2023 Diphyllobothriosis is an infectious disease caused by the consumption of raw freshwater or marine fish containing larvae of broad tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidae).
Chia-Kwung Fan +2 more
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An unusual imported case of diphyllobothriosis in Mexico [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 The aim of the present study was to estimate the relative contribution of immunogenetic and microbiological factors in the development of recurrent tonsillitis in a Mexican population. Patients (n = 138) with recurrent tonsillitis and an indication of tonsillectomy (mean age: 6.05 years ± 3.00; median age: 5 years, female: 58; age range: 1±15 years ...
Kevin Escandón-Vargas
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Pacific Broad TapewormAdenocephalus pacificusas a Causative Agent of Globally Reemerging Diphyllobothriosis [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 The Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum) is the causative agent of the third most common fish-borne cestodosis among humans.
Roman Kuchta, Tomáš Scholz
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Eggs as a Suitable Tool for Species Diagnosis of Causative Agents of Human Diphyllobothriosis (Cestoda) [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Tapeworms of the order Diphyllobothriidea are parasites of tetrapods and several species may infect man and cause neglected human disease called diphyllobothriosis. Identification of human-infecting diphyllobothriid cestodes is difficult because of their
MIROSLAVA Soldanova +2 more
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New cases of human diphyllobothriosis in Patagonia, Argentine [PDF]
Revista De Saude Publica, 2001 The purpose of the paper is to describe 4 new cases of human diphyllobothriosis in Patagonia, Argentine. Adult parasites recovered were submitted to morphological and histological analyses for taxonomic identification.
Liliana Semenas
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Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis: an emerging foodborne parasite in Brittany (France)? [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Diphyllobothriosis is an intestinal cestodosis caused by tapeworms of the family Diphyllobothriidae. In France, endemic cases are limited to south-east and due to Dibothriocephalus latus.
Brice Autier +4 more
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Host Switching of Zoonotic Broad Fish Tapeworm (Dibothriocephalus latus) to Salmonids, Patagonia [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Diphyllobothriosis is a reemerging zoonotic disease because of global trade and increased popularity of eating raw fish. We present molecular evidence of host switching of a human-infecting broad fish tapeworm, Dibothriocephalus latus, and use of ...
Roman Kuchta +6 more
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Clinical characteristics and epidemiology of intestinal tapeworm infections over the last decade in Tokyo, Japan: A retrospective review. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 BackgroundTapeworm (cestode) infections occur worldwide even in developed countries and globalization has further complicated the epidemiology of such infections. Nonetheless, recent epidemiological data on cestode infections are limited.
Motoyuki Tsuboi +9 more
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An examination of nervous system revealed unexpected immunoreactivity of both secretory apparatus and excretory canals in plerocercoids of two broad tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) [PDF]
Parasitology, 2023 Dibothriocephalus ditremus and Dibothriocephalus latus are diphyllobothriidean tapeworms autochthonous to Europe. Their larval stages (plerocercoids) may seriously alter health of their intermediate fish hosts (D.
Daniel Barčák +5 more
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Results on search for the broad fish tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus (Linnaeus, 1758), (syn. Diphyllobothrium latum) (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), in the Danube River [PDF]
Helminthologia, 2019 Diphyllobothriosis is a fish-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by so-called “broad tapeworms” or “fish tapeworms” of different genera of the order Diphyllobothriidea. Dibothriocephalus l atus (Linnaeus 1758), (syn.
Radačovská A. +2 more
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