Disease relevance of Diphyllobothrium

• The risk of cysticercosis and recurrence of cestodiasis will be avoided only if tapeworms are ejected with intact bodies and scoleces . Two cases with Diphyllobothrium latum and two with Taenia saginata were treated by administration of 200-300 ml of Gastrografin through a duodenal tube [1].

High impact information on Diphyllobothrium

• The diagnostic yield of colonoscopy and the therapeutic value of intraduodenal amidotrizoic acid injection in intestinal Diphyllobothrium latum infection: report of a case [2].
• Immunocytochemical evidence for the presence of substance P-like peptide in Diphyllobothrium dendriticum [3].
• In the parasitic cestode Diphyllobothrium dendriticum, histamine-reactivity was found in neurons of the main nerve cords, and in cells lining the central and peripheral excretory ducts [4].
• Immunocytochemical demonstration of neuropeptides and serotonin in the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium dendriticum [5].
• The present immunocytochemical study concerns the distribution of four neuropeptides, FMRF-amide, vasotocin, leu-enkephalin and neurotensin, and of the bioamine serotonin in the plerocercoid larva of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum [5].

Biological context of Diphyllobothrium

• We report here a likely case of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense contracted in France through the consumption of a Pacific salmon imported from Canada. The species diagnosis was made by molecular analysis of two mitochondrial genes (COI & ND3) [6].

Associations of Diphyllobothrium with chemical compounds

• The type of food and method of cooking prevented or reduced the incidence of Taenia solium, T. saginata, Diphyllobothrium latum and Fasciola gigantica [7].
• Cestodicidal efficacy of mebendazole with particular reference to Diphyllobothrium latum [8].
• Single dose treatment with praziquantel (Cesol R, EmBay 8440) of human cestodiasis caused by Diphyllobothrium pacificum [9].

Gene context of Diphyllobothrium

• Annoying vacation souvenir: Fish tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium sp.) infestation in an Austrian fisherman [10].

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