Human diphyllobothriosis in Taiwan: A review of cases and molecular evidence of Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis

0579878 - BC 2024 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Fan, C. - Barčák, D. - Scholz, Tomáš - Sonko, P. - Orosová, M. - Su, K. - Chang, C. - Lee, Y. - Kuchta, Roman - Oros, M.
Human diphyllobothriosis in Taiwan: A review of cases and molecular evidence of Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis.
Food and Waterborne Parasitology. Roč. 33, DEC (2023), č. článku e00213. ISSN 2405-6766
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LUASK22045
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : latum * Fish-borne parasite * Diphyllobothriosis * Salmon * cox1 * Taiwan
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 2.5, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
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Diphyllobothriosis is an infectious disease caused by the consumption of raw freshwater or marine fish containing larvae of broad tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidae). In the present study, we critically reviewed all cases of human diphyllobothriosis reported from Taiwan, including unpublished reports from hospitals in Taipei. Genotyping based on mitochondrial DNA marker (cox1) confirmed that two of the recent cases were caused by Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis, which is not native to Taiwan and was probably imported with Pacific salmon infected with larvae of D. nihonkaiensis. The causative species previously reported in Taiwan could not be definitively confirmed. However, considering the distribution of Dibothriocephalus latus, which is not endemic in Taiwan, past cases diagnosed as D. latus are questionable.
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