New cases of human diphyllobothriosis in Patagonia, Argentine


Autoria(s): Semenas,Liliana; Kreiter,Ana; Urbanski,Javier
Data(s)

01/04/2001

Resumo

The purpose of the paper is to describe 4 new cases of human diphyllobothriosis in Patagonia, Argentine. Adult parasites recovered were submitted to morphological and histological analyses for taxonomic identification. The etiological agent found was always Diphyllobothrium latum and all the cases were autochthonous. These data combined with previous information make the number of autochthonous human cases of diphyllobothriosis registered in Argentina increase to 18.

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Identificador

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102001000200017

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo

Fonte

Revista de Saúde Pública v.35 n.2 2001

Palavras-Chave #Diphyllobothrium/anatomy and histology #Diphyllobothriosis/epidemiology #Patagonia, Argentine
Tipo

journal article