Organisms

Spirometra

A genus of tapeworms of the family Diphyllobothriidae, which are parasites of fish-eating cats, dogs, and birds. Infection in man is caused by eating undercooked fish. The larval form is called SPARGANUM.

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A genus of tapeworms of the family Diphyllobothriidae, which are parasites of fish-eating cats, dogs, and birds. Infection in man is caused by eating undercooked fish. The larval form is called SPARGANUM.

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  • Spirometras

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Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

a genus of tapeworm of Diphyllobothriidae; found in fish; larval form is SPARGANUM; infection: coord IM with CESTODE INFECTIONS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

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History Note

91(86)79; was see under CESTODA 1986-90; was heading 1979-85; was see SPARGANUM 1975-78

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  • Cestoda (1966-1978)
  • Sparganum (1975-1978)

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  1. B01w.050w.500w.500w.736w.215w.800w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spirometra. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013146. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013146
  2. Spirometra. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirometra
  3. Spirometra. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7578189