Four human cases of Diphyllobothrium latum infection

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-146

  Choi, Hee Jung ^a   Lee, Junghye ^a   Yang, Hyun Jong ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diphyllobothrium latum; Human case; Praziquantel; Salmon; Trout

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; EGG SIZE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; KOREA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROGLOTTID; RAW FOOD; SALMON; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STOMACH DISTENSION; STROBILA; TROUT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; COLONOSCOPY; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; FECES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRAZIQUANTEL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862703990     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.143     Document Type: Article

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