A CASE OF DIBOTHRIOCEPHALOSIS (DIBOTHRIOCEPHALUS LATUS) FROM ISEO LAKE (NORTHERN ITALY): AN UPDATE ON A PERSISTENT SANITARY ISSUE

A Case of Dibothriocephalosis (Dibothriocephalus latus) from Iseo Lake (Northern Italy): An Update on a Persistent Sanitary Issue

Dibothriocephalosis is a fish-borne parasitic zoonosis that is caused by tapeworms of the Dibothriocephalus (syn.Diphyllobothrium) genus.This paper describes a human case of dibothriocephalosis associated with the consumption of a presumably infected fish, prepared at a restaurant near Iseo Lake (northern Italy).A month after, the patient found Hoc

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Variation in Complexity of Infection and Transmission Stability between Neighbouring Populations of Plasmodium vivax in Southern Ethiopia.

BACKGROUND:P.vivax is an important public health burden in Ethiopia, accounting for almost Mixer Attachments half of all malaria cases.Owing to heterogeneous transmission across the country, a stronger evidence base on local transmission dynamics is needed to optimise allocation of resources and improve malaria interventions.METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIP

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