Putative Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense acquired from a Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) eaten in France; genomic identification and case report

Parasitol Int. 2006 Mar;55(1):45-9. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2005.09.004. Epub 2005 Oct 20.

Abstract

We report here a likely case of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense contracted in France through the consumption of a Pacific salmon imported from Canada. The species diagnosis was made by molecular analysis of two mitochondrial genes (COI & ND3). This case is rather unusual in that D. nihonkaiense has never been reported along the Pacific coast of North America.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Primers / chemistry
  • DNA, Helminth / chemistry
  • Diphyllobothriasis / diagnosis
  • Diphyllobothriasis / drug therapy
  • Diphyllobothriasis / parasitology*
  • Diphyllobothrium / classification*
  • Diphyllobothrium / genetics
  • Diphyllobothrium / isolation & purification
  • Electron Transport Complex IV / genetics
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Food Parasitology*
  • France
  • Genes, Mitochondrial
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oncorhynchus keta / parasitology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Helminth
  • Electron Transport Complex IV

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB006205
  • GENBANK/AB015755
  • GENBANK/AY972071
  • GENBANK/AY972072
  • GENBANK/AY972073
  • GENBANK/AY973606
  • GENBANK/AY973607
  • GENBANK/AY973608