Laboratory evaluation was unremarkable, with no evidence of anemia. Colonoscopy revealed a long, moving tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum, ...

A single dose of praziquantel (600 mg) was sufficient to cure the infection. Diphyllobothrium latum; infection; Brazil. PARASITE AND INFECTION - FIRST REPORTS ...

The adult Diphyllobothrium latum may reach up to 12 meters, increasing throughout its life. These whitish/yellow worms are dorso-ventrally flattened, and much ...

Diphyllobothriasis is defined as human intestinal infection with the cestode Diphyllobothrium latum or other Diphyllobothrium species.

Diphyllobothrium latum is considered to be responsible for most cases of human diphyllobothriosis. ... As such it has been more intensively studied than any of ...

Diphyllobothriasis represents an intestinal parasitic zoonotic infection caused by the cestode Diphyllobothrium. Diphyllobothrium latum (D.

Diphyllobothrium is a genus of tapeworms which can cause diphyllobothriasis in humans through consumption of raw or undercooked fish.

Dibothriocephalus latus (=Diphyllobothrium latum), the “broad fish tapeworm”, is usually assumed to be the most common agent of human ...

Diphyllobothrium latum and related species (the fish or broad tapeworm), the largest tapeworms that can infect people, can grow up to 30 feet long.