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. 2005 Oct;11(10):1598-600.
doi: 10.3201/eid1110.050377.

Diphyllobothriasis, Brazil

Jorge Luiz Mello Sampaio  1 , Victor Piana de Andrade, Maria da Conceição Lucas, Liang Fung, Sandra Maria B Gagliardi, Sandra Rosalem P Santos, Caio Marcio Figueiredo Mendes, Maria Bernadete de Paula Eduardo, Terry Dick
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Diphyllobothriasis, Brazil

Jorge Luiz Mello Sampaio et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Oct.

Abstract

Cases of human diphyllobothriasis have been reported worldwide. Only 1 case in Brazil was diagnosed by our institution from January 1998 to December 2003. By comparison, 18 cases were diagnosed from March 2004 to January 2005. All patients who became infected ate raw fish in sushi or sashimi.

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A) Diphyllobothrium latum egg. Note opercular constriction. B) Genital papillae of mature proglottids as seen under scanning electron microscope. C) Uterine loops of gravid proglottids in fresh preparation. D) Sagittal section of the genital pore region stained with hematoxylin-eosin. Note seminal vesicle (arrowhead) situated dorsocaudal to the cirrus sac (magnification 100×).
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