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Scholz, T., H.H. Garcia, R. Kuchta & B. Wicht. (2009). Update on the Human Broad Tapeworm (Genus Diphyllobothrium), Including Clinical Relevance. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 22(1): 146-160.
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10.1128/cmr.00033-08 [view]
Scholz, T., H.H. Garcia, R. Kuchta & B. Wicht
2009
Update on the Human Broad Tapeworm (Genus Diphyllobothrium), Including Clinical Relevance.
Clinical Microbiology Reviews
22(1): 146-160.
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Tapeworms of the genus Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858 (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), commonly called “broad tapeworms” or “fish tapeworms,” have been known as intestinal parasites of humans for a long time. Some of the milestones in the history of human diphyllobothriosis are summarized in Table 1.
Diplogonoporus grandis (Blanchard, 1894) accepted as Diplogonoporus balaenopterae Lönnberg, 1892 accepted as Diphyllobothrium balaenopterae (Lönnberg, 1892) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017 (source of synonymy)
