Human Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection in Washington State

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Apr;53(4):1355-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00065-15. Epub 2015 Jan 21.

Abstract

A patient in Washington State harbored a fish tapeworm most likely acquired from eating raw salmon. Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense was identified by cox1 sequence analysis. Although this is the first documented human D. nihonkaiense infection in the United States, the parasite may have been present earlier but misidentified as Diphyllobothrium latum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Diphyllobothriasis / drug therapy
  • Diphyllobothriasis / parasitology*
  • Diphyllobothrium / enzymology
  • Diphyllobothrium / genetics
  • Diphyllobothrium / isolation & purification*
  • Electron Transport Complex IV / genetics
  • Female
  • Food Parasitology
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Praziquantel
  • Electron Transport Complex IV