Diphyllobothriasis, Brazil

Sampaio, Jorge Luiz Mello; Piana de Andrade, Victor; Lucas, Maria da Conceição; Fung, Liang; Gagliardi, Sandra Maria B.; Santos, Sandra Rosalem P.; Mendes, Caio Marcio Figueiredo; Eduardo, Maria Bernadete de Paula; Dick, Terry

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Diphyllobothriasis, Brazil

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Oct 2005
By Sampaio, Jorge Luiz Mello ; Piana de Andrade, Victor ; Lucas, Maria da Conceição

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Sampaio, Jorge Luiz Mello ; Piana de Andrade, Victor ; Lucas, Maria da Conceição ; Fung, Liang ; Gagliardi, Sandra Maria B. ; Santos, Sandra Rosalem P. ; Mendes, Caio Marcio Figueiredo ; Eduardo, Maria Bernadete de Paula ; Dick, Terry
Description:

Cases of human diphyllobothriasis have been reported worldwide. Only 1 case in Brazil was diagnosed by our institution from January 1998 to December 2003. By comparison, 18 cases were diagnosed from March 2004 to January 2005. All patients who became infected ate raw fish in sushi or sashimi.
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Emerg Infect Dis. 11(10):1598-1600.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Brazil
Volume:

11
Issue:

10
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15893/cdc_15893_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 283.85 KB]
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:180741f928262ff3d0554491b478a009ab19a639f472cfe4be6da8b695ba98c2

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