Four Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium latum Infection
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Four Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium latum Infection
Diphyllobothrium latum infections in 4 young Korean men detected from 2008 to 2012 are presented. Three were diagnosed based on spontaneously discharged strobila of the adult worm in their feces, and 1 case was diagnosed by finding the worm at colonoscopy examination in a local clinic. The morphologic characteristics of the gravid proglottid and eggs were consistent with D. latum. All patients ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Parasitology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1738-0006
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.143