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...

RESEARCH ARTICLE ISSN 2250-1770 Study on zoonotic cestodes of commensal rats Shashi Kiran, Rashmi and *Kanika Solanki Veterinary Parasitology Lab, Zoology, D.A.V. (PG) College,S.G.R.R Medical college Dehradun-248 001, India *Corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract A study on the prevalence of cestodes in three species of rats, R. rattus, R.norvegicus and M. musculus revealed 36...

Recent collections of the Asian fish tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in the Rio Grande have raised concern about the potential impacts on Rio Grande endemic and imperiled fishes. The objectives of this study were to determine distribution and definitive hosts of the Asian fish tapeworm within the Rio Grande drainage and to quantify occurrences and abundances. In total, 1,992 fish spannin...

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 20, No. 11, November 2014 1955 virus infections in Hangzhou (online Technical Appendix Figure). Prompt control of A(H7N9) infection outbreaks and vaccination against seasonal influenza viruses could reduce the potential for co-infections with A(H7N9) virus and seasonal viruses. Taken together with the previous finding of human co-infection w...

The purpose of this study was to identify ectoparasites and their prevalence infecting Rastrelliger kanagurta in North Sumatera, Medan. So far, people use fish as a processed product. method used is survey with direct collection at the research site. Samples were taken using random sampling technique. Sampling carried out five places Belawan number samples studied many 30 individuals an average...