First record of human infection with the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense in North America

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Feb;78(2):235-8.

Abstract

The tapeworm Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), originally described from Japan, is reported from a man in North America for the first time. Species identification was based on sequences of ribosomal (partial 18S rRNA) and mitochondrial (partial Cytochrome c Oxidase subunit I) genes of proglottids expelled from a Czech tourist who ate raw Pacific sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) from British Columbia, Canada.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • British Columbia
  • Diphyllobothriasis / diagnosis
  • Diphyllobothriasis / parasitology*
  • Diphyllobothrium / genetics*
  • Diphyllobothrium / isolation & purification*
  • Electron Transport Complex IV / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / genetics*
  • Salmon / parasitology
  • Seafood / parasitology

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
  • Electron Transport Complex IV

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AM748175
  • GENBANK/AM778552