Tapeworm Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Cestoda)--neglected or emerging human parasite?

ABSTRACT:

Background

A total number of 14 valid species of Diphyllobothrium tapeworms have been described in literature to be capable of causing diphyllobothriosis, with D. latum being the major causative agent of all human infections. However, recent data indicate that some of these infections, especially when diagnosed solely on the basis of morphology, have been identified with this causative agent incorrectly, confusing other Diphyllobothrium species with D. latum. Another widely distributed species, D. dendriticum, has never been considered as a frequent parasite of man, even though it is found commonly throughout arctic and subarctic regions parasitizing piscivorous birds and mammals. Recent cases of Europeans infected with this cestode called into question the actual geographic distri

SUBMITTER: Kuchta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3873255 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature