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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Causes
- Cestode Diphyllobothrium latum (the fish or broad tapeworm), the largest human tapeworm.
- Diphyllobothrium pacificum
- Diphyllobothrium cordatum
- Diphyllobothrium ursi
- Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
- Diphyllobothrium lanceolatum
- Diphyllobothrium dalliae
- Diphyllobothrium yonagoensis
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![Photomicrograph reveals the presence of a cestode, Diphyllobothrium latum, or “broad” tapeworm, egg, which is described as oval or ellipsoidal, and range in size from 55µm to 75µm by 40µm to 50µm (400X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]](/images/8/81/Diphyllobothriasis06.jpeg)
Photomicrograph reveals the presence of a cestode, Diphyllobothrium latum, or “broad” tapeworm, egg, which is described as oval or ellipsoidal, and range in size from 55µm to 75µm by 40µm to 50µm (400X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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![Micrograph reveals an egg of tapeworm cestode parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]](/images/5/5a/Diphyllobothriasis02.jpeg)
Micrograph reveals an egg of tapeworm cestode parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
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![Photomicrograph revealed the presence of a cestode, Diphyllobothrium latum, or “fish” or “broad” tapeworm, egg (128X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]](/images/7/71/Diphyllobothriasis01.jpeg)
Photomicrograph revealed the presence of a cestode, Diphyllobothrium latum, or “fish” or “broad” tapeworm, egg (128X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
![Photomicrograph reveals the presence of a cestode, Diphyllobothrium latum, or “broad” tapeworm, egg, which is described as oval or ellipsoidal, and range in size from 55µm to 75µm by 40µm to 50µm (400X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]](/index.php/File:Diphyllobothriasis06.jpeg)
![Micrograph reveals an egg of tapeworm cestode parasite Diphyllobothrium latum. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]](/index.php/File:Diphyllobothriasis02.jpeg)
![Photomicrograph revealed the presence of a cestode, Diphyllobothrium latum, or “fish” or “broad” tapeworm, egg (128X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]](/index.php/File:Diphyllobothriasis01.jpeg)