Species of Cestoda
This article is about the tapeworm. For the infection by adult worms, see
Diphyllobothriasis .
Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
Median segments of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
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Cobbold, 1858
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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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^ 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 .