Molecular Identification of Adenocephalus pacificus (Cestoda) from Three Human Cases in Lima Province, Peru
| Autor: | Enrique Garcia-Candela, Rosa Martínez-Rojas, Lidia Cruz-Neyra, Manuel Tantaleán-Vidaurre, Abraham Delgado-Escalante, Aarón Mondragón-Martínez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine 030231 tropical medicine Cestoda Zoology Case Report diphyllobothriosis Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Adenocephalus pacificus Peru parasitic diseases Animals Humans Helminths Child Phylogeny Molecular identification Molecular epidemiology Diphyllobothriosis Fishes Marine fish Feeding Behavior zoonosis Cestode Infections biology.organism_classification Diphyllobothrium pacificum 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Female Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | The Korean Journal of Parasitology |
| ISSN: | 1738-0006 0023-4001 |
| Popis: | The Pacific tapeworm Adenocephalus pacifcus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum) is a causative agent of diphyllobothriosis occurred in Pacific coast of South America, mainly in Peru. Source of infections are traditional meal from raw or undercooked marine fish such as “cebiche”. We confirmed 3 new cases, one including scolex and the other two headless. A strobila 46 cm long without scolex was discharged from an 8-year-old boy before treatment. Specimens were confirmed morphologically by presence of tegumental protuberances on proglottids and small sized eggs. Partial sequence of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene was congruent with A. pacificus sequences. |
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