Revision for “Other Species of Diphyllobothrium and related Genera” created on June 18, 2014 @ 11:23:11
| Title | Other Species of Diphyllobothrium and related Genera |
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| Content | <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other Species of </b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Diphyllobothrium</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> and related Genera</b></span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Besides other species of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Diphyllobothrium</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> that occur in marine mammals and fish-eating birds are species representative of other genera: These genera include </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ligula</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Digramma</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hexagonoporus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Diplogonoporus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Baylisiella</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, and </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Plicobothrium</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Diplogonoporus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>grandis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> of whales of the genus </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Balaenoptera</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> has been reported in Peru and Japan from humans who have had a history of eating raw fish and it is assumed that this is how they obtained the infection. Rare human infections with several other species representing some of the other genera have also been reported. Thus, it would be likely in coastal areas where cats have access to marine fish that infection with species other than </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Diphyllobothrium</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>latum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> are possible.. </span></span></p> |
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