Dec 31, 2023 · Diphyllobothriids are the largest parasitic tapeworms that can infect people. You can get infected by eating raw or undercooked fish. You can treat Diphyllobothriid infection …

Diphyllobothrium is a genus of tapeworms which can cause diphyllobothriasis in humans through consumption of raw or undercooked fish. The principal species causing diphyllobothriasis is …

Aug 13, 2024 · A fish tapeworm infection, or diphyllobothriasis, occurs when a person eats raw or undercooked fish that's contaminated with the parasite Diphyllobothrium latum.

Diphyllobothriasis is a parasitic infection caused by broad or fish tapeworms. Recent attention to diphyllobothriasis has surged with increasing case reports in nonendemic areas and improved …

Diagnosis of diphyllobothriasis is by identification of characteristic operculated eggs or broad proglottids in stool. A complete blood count is done to check for megaloblastic anemia. …

Oct 3, 2016 · Diphyllobothriasis is defined as human intestinal infection with the cestode Diphyllobothrium latum or other Diphyllobothrium species. It is endemic in areas where …

Aug 5, 2025 · Fish tapeworm infection is an intestinal infection with a parasite found in fish. The fish tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium latum) is the largest parasite that infects humans. Humans …

Diphyllobothrium (Spirometra) mansoni and D. (Spirometra) mansonoides are common tapeworms of dogs and cats whose larval stages may cause human subcutaneous or viscera …

Diphyllobothriosis, a human disease caused by tapeworms of the genus Diphyllobothrium, is the most important fish-borne zoonosis caused by a cestode parasite. Up to 20 million humans are …

Dec 15, 2025 · Diphyllobothriasis is an intestinal parasitic infection caused by several cestodes in the genera Dibothriocephalus and Adenocephalus, previously classified as Diphyllobothrium …