Diphyllobothriasis Associated with Eating Raw Pacific Salmon

Diphyllobothriasis Associated with Eating Raw Pacific Salmon

The incidence of human infection with the broad tapeworm Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense has been increasing in urban areas of Japan and in European countries. D. nihonkaiense is morphologically similar to but genetically distinct from D. latum and exploits anadromous wild Pacific salmon as its second...

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Main Authors: Naoki Arizono, Minoru Yamada, Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama, Kenji Ohnishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tapeworm
diphyllobothriasis
Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense
salmon
Oncorhynchus
parasites
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/6/09-0132_article

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