Diphyllobothrium latum

Introduction: Diphyllobothrium latum

Description of Diphyllobothrium latum

Diphyllobothrium latum: the broad or broad fish tapeworm, a species that causes diphyllobothriasis, found in humans and fish-eating mammals in many parts of northern Europe, Japan and elsewhere in Asia, and in Scandinavian populations of the American north central states and in north American Inuit populations; it often has 3000-4000 segments, broader than long; the head has typical bothria characteristic of the genus. SYN: Dibothriocephalus latus.
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Diphyllobothrium latum: Infection with tapeworms of the genus Diphyllobothrium.
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• Diphyllobothriasis
• Fish tapeworm

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• eMedicine - Diphyllobothriasis : Article by Derek Linklater, MD
• Diphyllobothrium latum (broadfish tapeworm)
• DPDx - Diphyllobothriasis

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