Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis infection identified by pathological and genetic analyses -a case report and a recent literature review of human diphyllobothriasis

We report a 20-year-old male with a past history of diarrhea and discharge of a strobila of a broad tapeworm from his anus 3 months ago. He again noticed passing a tapeworm strobila and he visited our hospital with the tapeworm sample. The macroscopic appearance and the pathological features strongl...

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Main Authors: Yoshitane Tsukamoto, Hideyuki Iriko, Shohei Matsuo, Yoshihiro Shimono, Junichi Miyazaki, Hironori Tanaka, Toshiya Komatsu, Seiji Azuma, Hiroko Oota, Yui Yamashita, Mizuka Ohkouchi, Yuka Hashikura, Seiichi Hirota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Human Pathology: Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214330018301743