Diseases

Diphyllobothriasis

Infection with tapeworms of the genus Diphyllobothrium.

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Abstract

Infection with tapeworms of the genus Diphyllobothrium.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Diphyllobothrium Infection
  • Diphyllobothriases
  • Diphyllobothrium Infections
  • Infection, Diphyllobothrium

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

tapeworm infect; consider also SPARGANOSIS (infection at larval stage)

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Previous Indexing

  • Cestode Infections (1966-1967)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Diphyllobothriasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004169. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004169
  2. Diphyllobothriasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphyllobothriasis
  3. Diphyllobothriasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1227160