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Molecular Identification of Adenocephalus pacificus (Cestoda) from Three Human Cases in Lima Province, Peru

  • Mondragon-Martinez, Aaron (Parasitology Laboratory of Wildlife and Zoonoses, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) ;
  • Martinez-Rojas, Rosa (Parasitology Laboratory of Wildlife and Zoonoses, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) ;
  • Garcia-Candela, Enrique (Parasitology Laboratory of Wildlife and Zoonoses, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) ;
  • Delgado-Escalante, Abraham (Parasitology Laboratory of Wildlife and Zoonoses, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) ;
  • Tantalean-Vidaurre, Manuel (Parasitology Laboratory of Wildlife and Zoonoses, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) ;
  • Cruz-Neyra, Lidia (Laboratory of Biology and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Ricardo Palma)
  • Received : 2020.04.17
  • Accepted : 2020.06.27
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

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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