Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: The cause of diphyllobothriosis in 5 persons in Harbin and Shanghai, China, during 2008-2011, initially attributed to the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum, was confirmed as D. nihonkaiense by using molecular analysis of expelled proglottids. The use of morphologic characteristics alone to identify this organism was inadequate and led to misidentification of the species.
Source: Emerging infectious diseases
Authors: Shanhong Chen, Lin Ai, Yongnian Zhang, Jiaxu Chen, Weizhe Zhang, Yihong Li, Maki Muto, Yasuyuki Morishima, Hiromu Sugiyama, Xuenian Xu, Xiaonong Zhou, Hiroshi Yamasaki
Language: English
Subfield: Parasitology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1998998161