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diphyllobothriasis

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diphyllobothriasis /di·phyl·lo·both·ri·a·sis/ (di-fil″o-both-ri´ah-sis) infection with Diphyllobothrium.
di·phyl·lo·both·ri·a·sis (d-fl-bth-r-ss)
n.
Infection with the cestode tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum resulting from ingestion of raw or inadequately cooked fish infected with the larva.
Diphyllobothriasis
Parasitic infection caused by the presence of tapeworms from the Diphyllobothrium genus, such as the fish tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium latum).
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diphyllobothriasis.
diphyllobothriasis [di-fil″o-both-ri´ah-sis]
infection with Diphyllobothrium.
diphyllobothriasis
infection with Diphyllobothrium spp.
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Diphyllobothriasis associated with eating raw Pacific salmon by Arizono, Naoki; Yamada, Minoru; Nakamura-Uchiyama, Fukumi; Ohnishi, Kenji / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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