Imported diphyllobothriasis in Switzerland: molecular evidence of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitsch, 1824).
We report for the first time in Switzerland a clinical case because of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum, identified by molecular methods. We discuss the potential for this imported species to infect local intermediate hosts and thus to achieve autochthonous cyclic transmission.
Wicht
Barbara
B
Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia, Via Mirasole 22a, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland. barbara.wicht@ti.ch
de Marval
Floriane
F
Gottstein
Bruno
B
Peduzzi
Raffaele
R
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