<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Diphyllobothriosis is a fish-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by so-called “broad tapeworms” or “fish tapeworms” of different genera of the order Diphyllobothriidea. <italic>Dibothriocephalus l atus</italic> (Linnaeus 1758), (syn. <italic>Diphyllobothrium latum)</italic>, is a medically important type species of the genus, whose occurrence in various European regions is either regular, e.g. in the Alpine lakes region, or occasional and sporadic, e. g. in the Danube River region. For the latter, data on the detection of <italic>D. latus</italic> plerocercoids in the second intermediate fish host (European perch <italic>Perca fluviatilis</italic>), as well as in definitive hosts (human and dog), in which infection was directly linked to the consumption of infected fish from the Danube, were published more than 50 years ago. In order to assess the current situation, we aimed to find out whether <italic>D. latus</italic> is present in the natural environment of the Danube River. In total, 700 perch from five sampling sites in the Slovak part of the Danube River were examined. Plerocercoids were not detected in any fish examined, which leads to the conclusion that <italic>D. latus</italic> is currently not present in the studied aquatic environment.</p></abstract>

Diphyllobothriosis is a fish-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by so-called “broad tapeworms” or “fish tapeworms” of different genera of the order Diphyllobothriidea. Dibothriocephalus l atus (Linnaeus 1758), (syn. Diphyllobothrium latum), is a medically important type species of the genus, whose occurrence in various European regions is either regular, e.g. in the Alpine lakes region, or occasional and sporadic, e. g. in the Danube River region. For the latter, data on the detection of D. latus plerocercoids in the second intermediate fish host (European perch Perca fluviatilis), as well as in definitive hosts (human and dog), in which infection was directly linked to the consumption of infected fish from the Danube, were published more than 50 years ago. In order to assess the current situation, we aimed to find out whether D. latus is present in the natural environment of the Danube River. In total, 700 perch from five sampling sites in the Slovak part of the Danube River were examined. Plerocercoids were not detected in any fish examined, which leads to the conclusion that D. latus is currently not present in the studied aquatic environment.

Results on search for the broad fish tapeworm <italic>Dibothriocephalus latus</italic> (Linnaeus, 1758), (syn. <italic>Diphyllobothrium latum</italic>) (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), in the Danube River

Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Helminthologia

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Results on search for the broad fish tapeworm  (Linnaeus, 1758), (syn. ) (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), in the Danube River

Diphyllobothriosis is a fish-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by so-called “broad tapeworms” or “fish tapeworms” of different genera of the order...

Results on search for the broad fish tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus (Linnaeus, 1758), (syn. Diphyllobothrium latum) (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), in the Danube River

Published Online: Jul 27, 2019

Page range: 256 - 260

Received: Feb 13, 2019

Accepted: Mar 11, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0001

Keywords
European perch, plerocercoid, diphyllobothriosis, fish-borne zoonosis

© 2019 A. Radačovská et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Results on search for the broad fish tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus (Linnaeus, 1758), (syn. Diphyllobothrium latum) (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), in the Danube River

Published Online: Jul 27, 2019

Page range: 256 - 260

Received: Feb 13, 2019

Accepted: Mar 11, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0001

KeywordsEuropean perch, plerocercoid, diphyllobothriosis, fish-borne zoonosis

© 2019 A. Radačovská et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
European perch, plerocercoid, diphyllobothriosis, fish-borne zoonosis