Host Switching of Zoonotic Broad Fish Tapeworm (Dibothriocephalus latus) to Salmonids, Patagonia

oleh: Roman Kuchta, Alžbeta Radačovská, Eva Bazsalovicsová, Gustavo Viozzi, Liliana Semenas, Marina Arbetman, Tomáš Scholz

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-11-01

Deskripsi

Diphyllobothriosis is a reemerging zoonotic disease because of global trade and increased popularity of eating raw fish. We present molecular evidence of host switching of a human-infecting broad fish tapeworm, Dibothriocephalus latus, and use of salmonids as intermediate or paratenic hosts and thus a source of human infection in South America.