Molecular detection of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense in humans, China.
The cause of diphyllobothriosis in 5 persons in Harbin and Shanghai, China, during 2008-2011, initially attributed to the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum, was confirmed as D. nihonkaiense by using molecular analysis of expelled proglottids. The use of morphologic characteristics alone to identify this organism was inadequate and led to misidentification of the species.
Shanhong
S
Chen
Lin
L
Ai
Yongnian
Y
Zhang
Jiaxu
J
Chen
Weizhe
W
Zhang
Yihong
Y
Li
Maki
M
Muto
Yasuyuki
Y
Morishima
Hiromu
H
Sugiyama
Xuenian
X
Xu
Xiaonong
X
Zhou
Hiroshi
H
Yamasaki
D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004169:Diphyllobothriasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004170:Diphyllobothrium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D018509:DNA, Helminth; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV
China; cestodiasis; diphyllobothriosis; diphyllobothrium; diphyllobothrium infection; latum; nihonkaiense; parasite; plerocoercoid; proglottid; strobila; tapeworm