Rare Human Infection with Pacific Broad Tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus, Australia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Aug;22(8):1510-2. doi: 10.3201/eid2208.160156.
No abstract available

Keywords: Adenocephalus pacificus; Australia; Diphyllobothriosis; Pacific broad tapeworm; foodborne disease; parasites; tapeworm; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Australia / epidemiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Helminth
  • Diphyllobothriasis / diagnosis*
  • Diphyllobothriasis / epidemiology
  • Diphyllobothriasis / parasitology*
  • Diphyllobothrium / classification*
  • Diphyllobothrium / genetics
  • Genes, Helminth
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • DNA, Helminth