Human diphyllobothriasis: reports from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This paper reports the occurrence of diphyllobothrid operculated eggs with abopercular knob, found in stool samples from 5 adult humans from Rio de Janeiro, who usually ate raw fish as sushi and sashimi, and presented gastrointestinal disturbances.
Tavares
Luiz E R
LE
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Veterinária, Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Caixa Postal 74508, CEP: 23851-970, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.
Luque
José L
JL
do Bomfim
Teresa C B
TC
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004169:Diphyllobothriasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004170:Diphyllobothrium; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D010063:Ovum