THE BROAD TAPEWORM IN MINNESOTA

Rare Human Infection with Pacific Broad Tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus, Australia

Author affiliations: SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (C.V. Moore, G.F. Weldhagen); Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia (R.C.A. Thompson, L. Pallant); University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A. Jabbar); Investigator Clinic, Port Lincoln, South Australia (J. Williams); Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide (K. Rasiah); SA Health Commun...

Update on the human broad tapeworm (genus diphyllobothrium), including clinical relevance.

SUMMARY Tapeworms (Cestoda) continue to be an important cause of morbidity in humans worldwide. Diphyllobothriosis, a human disease caused by tapeworms of the genus Diphyllobothrium, is the most important fish-borne zoonosis caused by a cestode parasite. Up to 20 million humans are estimated to be infected worldwide. Besides humans, definitive hosts of Diphyllobothrium include piscivorous birds...

Pacific Broad Tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus as a Causative Agent of Globally Reemerging Diphyllobothriosis

The Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum) is the causative agent of the third most common fish-borne cestodosis among humans. Although most of the nearly 1,000 cases among humans have been reported in South America (Peru, Chile, and Ecuador), cases recently imported to Europe demonstrate the potential for spread of this tapeworm throughout the world as...

The Saliva Test for Tapeworm

Fish tapeworm and sushi.

A variety of parasitic infections might be acquired by ingesting raw or undercooked fin fish (Table 1).1-3 Fish tapeworm, or Diphyllobothrium spp, is acquired by eating raw or undercooked freshwater or anadromous fish (ie, sea fish that spawn in freshwater rivers, such as salmon). Marinated and smoked fish can also transmit the worm.4 While cases in previously endemic areas have decreased, like...