Molecular Detection of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense in Humans, China

作者：Shanhong Chen, Lin Ai, Yongnian Zhang, Jiaxu Chen, Weizhe Zhang, Yihong Li, Maki Muto, Yasuyuki Morishima, Hiromu Sugiyama, Xue-Nian Xu, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Hiroshi Yamasaki · 发表于：Emerging infectious diseases · 年份：2014 · DOI：10.3201/eid2002.121889 · 被引用次数：19 · 研究领域：Parasite Biology and Host Interactions、Helminth infection and control、Parasites and Host Interactions

The cause of diphyllobothriosis in 5 persons in Harbin and Shanghai, China, during 2008-2011, initially attributed to the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum, was confirmed as D. nihonkaiense by using molecular analysis of expelled proglottids. The use of morphologic characteristics alone to identify this organism was inadequate and led to misidentification of the species.