Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
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| Median segments of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum | |
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| Species: | D. dendriticum |
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| Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824) | |
Diphyllobothrium dendriticum is a large pseudophyllid cestode of the family Diphyllobothriidae.
For many years D. dendriticum infection was neglected. Diphyllobothriasis is not a life-threatening disease and most human cases are mild or even asymptomatic. The original distribution of D. dendriticum is circumboreal, but it was also found in Argentina and Chile.