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New cases of human diphyllobothriasis in Patagonia, Argentina
L Semenas1, A Kreiter, J Urbanski
1Laboratorio de Parasitologia, Centro Regional Bariloche, Bariloche, Argentina. lsemenas@crub.uncoma.edu.ar
Revista De Saude Publica
|May 19, 2001
Abstract:
The purpose of the paper is to describe 4 new cases of human diphyllobothriasis in Patagonia, Argentine. Adult parasites recovered were submitted to morphological and histological analyses for taxonomic identification. The etiological agent found was always Diphyllobothrium latum and all the cases were autochthonous. These data combined with previous information make the number of autochthonous human cases of diphyllobothriosis registered in Argentina increase to 18.