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

• Main Authors: Yoshitane Tsukamoto (Author), Hideyuki Iriko (Author), Shohei Matsuo (Author), Yoshihiro Shimono (Author), Junichi Miyazaki (Author), Hironori Tanaka (Author), Toshiya Komatsu (Author), Seiji Azuma (Author), Hiroko Oota (Author), Yui Yamashita (Author), Mizuka Ohkouchi (Author), Yuka Hashikura (Author), Seiichi Hirota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...