[Causative agent of human diphyllobothriasis--Diphyllobothrium klebanovskii sp. n] - PubMed (original) (raw)
Comparative Study
. 1988 Mar-Apr;22(2):165-70.
[Article in Russian]
- PMID: 3387122
Comparative Study
[Causative agent of human diphyllobothriasis--Diphyllobothrium klebanovskii sp. n]
[Article in Russian]
I V Muratov et al. Parazitologiia. 1988 Mar-Apr.
Abstract
A new cestode species, Diphyllobothrium klebanovskii sp. n., is described on the basis of experimental examination and morphological study of 51 specimens expelled from men in lower part of the Amur river and 18 specimens expelled from golden hamsters. The larval stage of this cestode is plerocercoid of type F, which is localized in muscles of Oncorhynchus keta and O. gorbuscha. D. klebanovskii sp. n. is a marine species, it differs from D. latum and other species of the genus Diphyllobothrium.