A new French case of Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis (Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense) Teniasis due to Pacific salmon consumption: An emerging and underdiagnosed parasitosis

Infect Dis Now. 2021 Sep;51(6):579-580. doi: 10.1016/j.idnow.2020.11.006. Epub 2020 Dec 30.

Authors

André Paugam¹, Hélène Yéra²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Cochin, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté Paris-Descartes, Université de Paris, Paris, France. Electronic address: andre.paugam@aphp.fr.
² Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Cochin, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté Paris-Descartes, Université de Paris, Paris, France.

PMID: 34486527
DOI: 10.1016/j.idnow.2020.11.006

No abstract available

Keywords: Dibothriocephalosis; Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis; Teniasis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Diphyllobothriasis* / diagnosis
Diphyllobothrium* / isolation & purification
Humans
Oncorhynchus* / parasitology