Diphyllobothrium dendriticum

Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
Median segments of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
Scientific classification
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Cobbold, 1858
Species:
D. dendriticum
Binomial name
Diphyllobothrium dendriticum

Diphyllobothrium dendriticum is a large pseudophyllid cestode of the family Diphyllobothriidae.[1]

For many years D. dendriticum infection was neglected.[1] Diphyllobothriasis is not a life-threatening disease and most human cases are mild or even asymptomatic. The original distribution of D. dendriticum is circumboreal, but it was also found in Argentina and Chile.[2][3]

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  2. ^ Rozas, M.; Bohle, H.; Sandoval, A.; Ildefonso, R.; Navarrete, A.; Bustos, P. (December 2012). "First molecular identification of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum plerocercoids from feral rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Chile". The Journal of Parasitology. 98 (6): 1220–1226. doi:10.1645/JP-GE-3097.1. ISSN 1937-2345. PMID 22715967. S2CID 24266309.
  3. ^ Torres, P.; Franjola, R.; Figueroa, L.; Schlatter, R.; González, H.; Contreras, B.; Martin, R. (September 1981). "Researches on Pseudophyllidea (Carus, 1813) in the south of Chile. IV Occurrence of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzch)". Journal of Helminthology. 55 (3): 173–187. doi:10.1017/S0022149X00026833. ISSN 0022-149X. PMID 7276504. S2CID 41446161.