Biology of Foodborne Parasites

0456206 - BC 2016 RIV US eng M - Monography Chapter
Kuchta, Roman - Scholz, Tomáš - Brabec, Jan - Narduzzi-Wicht, B.
Diphyllobothrium, Diplogonoporus and Spirometra.
Biology of Foodborne Parasites. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2015 - (Xiao, L.; Ryan, U.; Feng, Y.), s. 299-326. ISBN 9781466568839
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EE2.3.30.0032; GA ČR GAP506/12/1632
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Keywords : Diphyllobothrium * Diplogonoporus * Spirometra
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine

Most of the developed countries today are generally considered “dehelminthized,” meaning that the prevalence (percentage of infected people) and medical impact of diseases caused by helminths, that is, flukes (Trematoda), tapeworms (Cestoda), parasitic roundworms (Nematoda), and spiny-headed worms (Acanthocephala), are negligible compared to other diseases. In contrast, helminthoses such as filariasis, schistosomiasis and infections with gastrointestinal nematodes, lung flukes, and many others represent serious medical and socioeconomic problems in tropical countries. However, globalization of food trade, climate change, and altered eating habits have contributed to the emergence of new foodborne helminthoses and recrudescence of those considered to be decreasingly important for human health. Among the so-called zoonoses, that is, diseases caused by parasites that can be transmitted between humans and animals, recent reemergence of human infections with fish tapeworms (Diphyllobothrium) and the resulting diseases diphyllobothriosis and diplogonoporosis (Diplogonoporus) represent examples of new challenge for public health services in developed countries. Due to the increasing popularity of eating dishes made of raw or undercooked fish, the number of cases of diphyllobothriosis in areas considered historically endemic has recently risen, where previously the disease had been in decline or almost disappeared.
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