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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Platyhelminths > Cestoda > Spirometra

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Spirometra  

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  • a genus of tapeworm of Diphyllobothriidae; found in fish; larval form is SPARGANUM; infection: coord IM with CESTODE INFECTIONS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

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  • A genus of tapeworms of the family Diphyllobothriidae, which are parasites of fish-eating cats, dogs, and birds. Infection in man is caused by eating undercooked fish. The larval form is called SPARGANUM.

History note

  • 91(86)79; was see under CESTODA 1986-90; was heading 1979-85; was see SPARGANUM 1975-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013146

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