title: Imported diphyllobothriasis in Switzerland: molecular evidence of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitsch, 1824).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia, Via Mirasole 22a, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland. barbara.wicht@ti.ch
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wicht
authors.forename: Floriane
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Marval
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gottstein
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peduzzi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004169:Diphyllobothriasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D004170:Diphyllobothrium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D012474:Salmon / Q000469:parasitology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013557:Switzerland