Diphyllobothriasis, Brazil
oleh: Jorge Luiz Mello Sampaio, Victor Piana de Andrade, Maria da Conceição Lucas, Liang Fung, Sandra Maria B. Gagliardi, Sandra Rosalem P. Santos, Caio Marcio Figueiredo Mendes, Maria Bernadete de Paula Eduardo, Terry Dick
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Cases of human diphyllobothriasis have been reported worldwide. Only 1 case in Brazil was diagnosed by our institution from January 1998 to December 2003. By comparison, 18 cases were diagnosed from March 2004 to January 2005. All patients who became infected ate raw fish in sushi or sashimi.