Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) found from a harbor porpoise in northern Japan, with comments on a geographical gap with human infection cases in southern Japan.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102487
Abstract: Even though the cetacean tapeworm Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum occurs in both cold and warm waters, human infections and final host occurrences have been confined to temperate areas in and near Japan. We recently obtained a strobila… read more here.
Keywords: stemmacephalum; japan; diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum; northern japan ... See more keywords