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Diphyllobothrium latum

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Diphyllobothrium latum [dī‚fil·ō′bäth·rē·əm ′lād·əm]
(invertebrate zoology)
A large tapeworm that infects humans, dogs, and cats; causes anemia and disorders of the nervous and digestive systems in humans.
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Broad tapeworms such as Diphyllobothrium latum and D.
Diphyllobothriasis associated with eating raw Pacific salmon by Arizono, Naoki; Yamada, Minoru; Nakamura-Uchiyama, Fukumi; Ohnishi, Kenji / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Five human cases of Diphyllobothrium latum infection through eating raw flesh of redlip mullet, Liza haematocheila.
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Several recent publications report outbreaks of human cases of infection by the fish tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum in Brazil (5-9).
Salmon aquaculture and transmission of the fish tapeworm by Cabello, Felipe C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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