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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Platyhelminths > Cestoda > Diphyllobothrium > Sparganum
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Preferred term

Sparganum  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Larvae, Plerocercoid
  • Plerocercoid Larvae

Note

  • infection = SPARGANOSIS; coord with precoord helminth terms (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • The larval form of the diphyllobothriid tapeworms of the genus DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM and SPIROMETRA. Fish-eating mammals and man are the final hosts.

History note

  • 79(75); was see under CESTODA 1965-78; was see under TAPEWORMS 1963-64

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013032

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