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KMID : 0425120200580040457
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2020 Volume.58 No. 4 p.457 ~ p.460
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Molecular Identification of Adenocephalus pacificus (Cestoda) from Three Human Cases in Lima Province, Peru
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Mondragon-Martinez Aaron
Martinez-Rojas Rosa
Garcia-Candela Enrique
Delgado-Escalante Abraham
Tantalean-Vidaurre Manuel
Cruz-Neyra Lidia
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Abstract
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The Pacific tapeworm Adenocephalus pacifcus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum) is a causative agent of diphyllobothriosis occurred in Pacific coast of South America, mainly in Peru. Source of infections are traditional meal from raw or undercooked marine fish such as “cebiche”. We confirmed 3 new cases, one including scolex and the other two headless. A strobila 46 cm long without scolex was discharged from an 8-year-old boy before treatment. Specimens were confirmed morphologically by presence of tegumental protuberances on proglottids and small sized eggs. Partial sequence of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene was congruent with A. pacificus sequences.
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KEYWORD
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Adenocephalus pacificus, diphyllobothriosis, case report, zoonosis, Peru
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