title: Molecular diagnosis of diphyllobothriasis in Spain, most presumably acquired via imported fish, or sojourn abroad.
abstract: Human diphyllobothriasis is sporadically detected in Spain. Diphyllobothrium latum and Diplogonoporus balaenopterae have been identified. In the study, four cases of presumably imported diphyllobothriasis in Spanish patients were appraised. Molecular diagnosis allowed us to identify 'exotic' fish tapeworms such as Diplogonoporus balaenopterae in one patient and Diphyllobothrium pacificum in the others.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pastor-Valle
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Vegetal, E.T.S. de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Martín-Clemente
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa Avda Orellana s/n, Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.affiliation: Institut für Parasitologie der Universität Bern Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gottstein
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gárate
keywords: Diphyllobothrium pacificum; Diplogonoporus balaenopterae; Europe; Spain; diphyllobothriasis; molecular diagnosis