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Two Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection in Korea

Diphyllobothrium latum and Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense are the 2 reported main causes of human diphyllobothriasis in the Republic of Korea. However, the differentiation of these 2 species based on morphologic features alone is difficult. The authors used nucleotide sequencing of the mitochondrial...

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Autores principales: Song, Su-Min, Yang, Hye-Won, Jung, Min Kyu, Heo, Jun, Cho, Chang Min, Goo, Youn-Kyoung, Hong, Yeonchul, Chung, Dong-Il
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Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4028459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24850965
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2014.52.2.197
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author Song, Su-Min
Yang, Hye-Won
Jung, Min Kyu
Heo, Jun
Cho, Chang Min
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Yang, Hye-Won
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description Diphyllobothrium latum and Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense are the 2 reported main causes of human diphyllobothriasis in the Republic of Korea. However, the differentiation of these 2 species based on morphologic features alone is difficult. The authors used nucleotide sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene to diagnose Diphyllobothrium spp. Two patients visited the emergency room at Kyungpook National University Hospital on 3 April and 12 April 2013, respectively, with fragments of parasites found while defecating. The parasites were identified as Diphyllobothrium spp. based on morphologic characteristics, and subsequent cox1 gene sequencing showed 99.9% similarity (1,478/1,480 bp) with D. nihonkaiense. Our findings support the hypothesis that D. nihonkaiense is a dominant species in Korea.
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spelling pubmed-40284592014-05-21 Two Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection in Korea Song, Su-Min Yang, Hye-Won Jung, Min Kyu Heo, Jun Cho, Chang Min Goo, Youn-Kyoung Hong, Yeonchul Chung, Dong-Il Korean J Parasitol Case Report Diphyllobothrium latum and Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense are the 2 reported main causes of human diphyllobothriasis in the Republic of Korea. However, the differentiation of these 2 species based on morphologic features alone is difficult. The authors used nucleotide sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene to diagnose Diphyllobothrium spp. Two patients visited the emergency room at Kyungpook National University Hospital on 3 April and 12 April 2013, respectively, with fragments of parasites found while defecating. The parasites were identified as Diphyllobothrium spp. based on morphologic characteristics, and subsequent cox1 gene sequencing showed 99.9% similarity (1,478/1,480 bp) with D. nihonkaiense. Our findings support the hypothesis that D. nihonkaiense is a dominant species in Korea. The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2014-04 2014-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4028459/ /pubmed/24850965 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2014.52.2.197 Text en © 2014, Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Song, Su-Min
Yang, Hye-Won
Jung, Min Kyu
Heo, Jun
Cho, Chang Min
Goo, Youn-Kyoung
Hong, Yeonchul
Chung, Dong-Il
Two Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection in Korea
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title_fullStr Two Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection in Korea
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title_short Two Human Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection in Korea
title_sort two human cases of diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection in korea
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4028459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24850965
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2014.52.2.197
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