Human diphyllobothriosis in Taiwan: A review of cases and molecular evidence of Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis

Chia Kwung Fan; Daniel Barčák; Tomáš Scholz; Pasaikou Sonko; Martina Orosová; Kua Eyre Su; Chun Chao Chang; Yuarn Jang Lee; Roman Kuchta; Mikuláš Oros

doi:10.1016/j.fawpar.2023.e00213

Human diphyllobothriosis in Taiwan: A review of cases and molecular evidence of Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis

Chia Kwung Fan, Daniel Barčák, Tomáš Scholz, Pasaikou Sonko, Martina Orosová, Kua Eyre Su, Chun Chao Chang, Yuarn Jang Lee, Roman Kuchta, Mikuláš Oros

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Abstract

Diphyllobothriosis is an infectious disease caused by the consumption of raw freshwater or marine fish containing larvae of broad tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidae). In the present study, we critically reviewed all cases of human diphyllobothriosis reported from Taiwan, including unpublished reports from hospitals in Taipei. Genotyping based on mitochondrial DNA marker (cox1) confirmed that two of the recent cases were caused by Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis, which is not native to Taiwan and was probably imported with Pacific salmon infected with larvae of D. nihonkaiensis. The causative species previously reported in Taiwan could not be definitively confirmed. However, considering the distribution of Dibothriocephalus latus, which is not endemic in Taiwan, past cases diagnosed as D. latus are questionable.

Original language	English
Article number	e00213
Journal	Food and Waterborne Parasitology
Volume	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fawpar.2023.e00213
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

Keywords

cox1
Diphyllobothriosis
Fish-borne parasite
Salmon
Taiwan

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