Three Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection in Korea

Until 2012, a total of 48 cases of diphyllobothriasis had been reported in Korea, all of which were morphologically identified as Diphyllobothrium latum. However, some of these specimens were analyzed by nucleotide sequencing of the mitochondrial cox1 gene, which showed that all were D. nihonkaiense...

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Published in:Korean journal of parasitology 2014, Hosts and Diseases, 52(6), , pp.673-676
Main Authors: Kim, Hong-Ja, Eom, Keeseon S, Seo, Min
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Animals
Case Report
Cyclooxygenase 1 - genetics
Diphyllobothriasis - diagnosis
Diphyllobothriasis - parasitology
Diphyllobothriasis - pathology
Diphyllobothrium - classification
Diphyllobothrium - genetics
Diphyllobothrium - isolation & purification
Foodborne Diseases - diagnosis
Foodborne Diseases - parasitology
Foodborne Diseases - pathology
Humans
Korea
Male
Middle Aged
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology
예방의학
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Summary:Until 2012, a total of 48 cases of diphyllobothriasis had been reported in Korea, all of which were morphologically identified as Diphyllobothrium latum. However, some of these specimens were analyzed by nucleotide sequencing of the mitochondrial cox1 gene, which showed that all were D. nihonkaiense, not D. latum. After that, 3 further cases of diphyllobothriasis were confirmed as D. nihonkaiense. In the present study, 3 new cases of D. nihonkaiense were detected from 2011 through 2013. The hosts were infected through consumption of salmonid fishes, such as the trout or salmon, and 2 of them experienced severe diarrhea prior to proglottid passage. All of the tapeworms were confirmed to be D. nihonkaiense by genetic identification. This proved again that most diphyllobothriasis in Korea have been caused by D. nihonkaiense.
ISSN:0023-4001
1738-0006
2982-5164
1738-0006
2982-6799
DOI:10.3347/kjp.2014.52.6.673