The life cycle of D. latum, as it relates to humans, begins when un-embryonated eggs are released into the feces of humans that were infected ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutNCBIBookshelf.AserviceoftheNationalLibraryofMedicine,NationalInstitutesofHealth.StatPearls[Internet].TreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.StatPearls[Internet].ShowdetailsTreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.SearchtermDiphyllobothriumLatumMuhammadI.Durrani;HajiraBasit;EricBlazar.AuthorInformationAuthorsMuhammadI.Durrani1;HajiraBasit2;EricBlazar3.Affiliations1InspiraMedicalCenter2BrookdaleUniversity3InspiraMedicalCenterLastUpdate:January24,2021.ContinuingEducationActivityDiphyllobothriasisisazoonoticinfectionthatsuffersfromalackofawarenessinthemedicalfieldbuthasseenarecentresurgenceincasesglobally.Withtheeffectsofglobalizationandthechangesineatinghabitsregardingtheconsumptionofrawandundercookedfish,practitionersneedtohaveanincreasedawarenessofdiphyllobothriasis.Thisactivityreviewstheepidemiology,evaluation,andmanagementofthisparasiticinfectionandhighlightstheroleoftheinterprofessionalteamincaringforaffectedpatients.Objectives:Describetheepidemiologyofdiphyllobothriasislatum.Reviewthepathophysiologyofdiphyllobothriasislatum.Outlinethewaysthatapatientwithdiphyllobothriasislatummightpresent.Explaintheimportanceofamulti-modalapproachtoenhanceawareness,accuratediagnosis,andprompttreatmenttoenhancethecareofpatientswithdiphyllobothriasislatum.Earncontinuingeducationcredits(CME/CE)onthistopic.IntroductionDiphyllobothriasisrepresentsanintestinalparasiticzoonoticinfectioncausedbythecestodeDiphyllobothrium.Diphyllobothriumlatum(D.latum),whichisthemostcommoncauseofdiphyllobothriasis,alsocalledthe“fishtapeworm”orthe“broadtapeworm,”istransmittedtohumansbytheingestionoffishwhichharborinfectiouslarvaeofthegenusDiphyllobothriumcausingawide-rangingspectrumofdiseaseandseverity.[1] Thisinfectionhasstartedtogarnermoreattentionsec