Pacific Broad Tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus as a Causative Agent of Globally Reemerging Diphyllobothriosis

Pacific Broad Tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus as a Causative Agent of Globally Reemerging Diphyllobothriosis

The Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum) is the causative agent of the third most common fish-borne cestodosis among humans. Although most of the nearly 1,000 cases among humans have been reported in South America (Peru, Chile, and Ecuador), cases recently...

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Main Authors: Roman Kuchta, Marcus Enrique Serrano-Martínez, Tomas Scholz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Pacific broad tapeworm
Cestoda, Adenocephalus pacificus, Diphyllobothrium pacificum, cestodiasis, cestodosis, fishborne disease, enteric infections, parasites, vectorborne i
Cestoda
Adenocephalus pacificus
Diphyllobothrium pacificum
cestodiasis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/10/15-0516_article

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