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- A genus of tapeworm containing several species which occurs in the intestine of fish, birds, and mammals including man. Infection in humans is usually by eating uncooked fish. The larval stage is known as SPARGANUM.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2014 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
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 - Figure 1. Diphyllobothrium latum ova.
 - Figure 2. Diphyllobothrium ova.
 - Figure 3. Diphyllobothrium (consistent with D. latum) proglottids.
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- Figure 1 contributed by John Branda, MD, of the Department of Pathology and the Microbiology Laboratories of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Figures 2 and 3 contributed by Betsy Wonderly, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
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- National Library of Medicine 2014 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
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