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fish tapeworm
flatworm
Also known as: Dibothriocephalus latus, Diphyllobothrium latum
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effect on host
- In digestive system disease: Tapeworms
Diphyllobothrium latum, a fish tapeworm, may cause a severe anemia similar to pernicious anemia, because it consumes most of the vitamin B12 in the diet of the host.
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role in intestinal cestodiasis
- In cestodiasis
…to 3 metres long; and Diphyllobothrium latum, or fish tapeworm, about 9 metres long—the largest parasite that can infect humans—acquired by eating undercooked beef, pork, or fish that harbour larval forms of the worms.
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type of tapeworm
- In tapeworm
The fish tapeworm (Dibothriocephalus latus, or Diphyllobothrium latum), most common in waters of the Northern Hemisphere, infests humans and other mammals that eat fish, particularly bears and dogs. Fertilized eggs pass from the host’s body in the feces. In a water medium they develop into a…
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