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Parasitology 2022 Jul 20;149(8):1027-1033. Epub 2022 May 20.

School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.

Durrington Walls was a large Neolithic settlement in Britain dating around 2500 BCE, located very close to Stonehenge and likely to be the campsite where its builders lived during its main stage of construction. Nineteen coprolites recovered from a midden and associated pits at Durrington Walls were analysed for intestinal parasite eggs using digital light microscopy. Five (26%) contained helminth eggs, 1 with those of fish tapeworm (likely ) and 4 with those of capillariid nematodes. Read More

Am J Dermatopathol 2022 07 4;44(7):510-514. Epub 2022 May 4.

Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.

Acta Trop 2022 Aug 22;232:106483. Epub 2022 Apr 22.

Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. Electronic address:

The plerocercoid larvae of the tapeworm Spirometra erinaceieuropaei can parasitize humans and animals and cause serious parasitic zoonosis. However, our knowledge of the developmental process of S. erinaceieuropaei is still inadequate. Read More

Lancet Infect Dis 2022 05;22(5):742

Department of Neurosurgery, Ganzhou People's Hospital (The Affiliated Ganzhou Hospital of Nanchang University), Ganzhou, China. Electronic address:

BMC Infect Dis 2022 Apr 9;22(1):353. Epub 2022 Apr 9.

Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, China.

Background: The incidence of sparganosis, especially intracranial live sparganosis is very low in China. Due to the lack of typical clinical manifestations, it is difficult to make a clear preoperative diagnosis of the disease, which often leads to delays the disease and serious consequences.

Case Presentation: A 23-year-old man presented with a 17-year history of intermittent seizures and right extremity numbness and weakness. Read More

Dis Aquat Organ 2022 Mar 17;148:113-125. Epub 2022 Mar 17.

Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia.

Tapeworms of the genus Dibothriocephalus are widely distributed throughout the world, and some are agents of human diphyllobothriasis, one of the most important fish-borne zoonoses caused by a cestode parasite. Until now, the population genetic structure of diphyllobothriid tapeworms in the Baikal Rift Zone (BRZ) has remained unexplored. The major aim of this study was to analyse the population genetic structure of D. Read More

Int J Infect Dis 2022 Apr 10;117:264-266. Epub 2022 Feb 10.

Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China, the first hospital of changsha.

Sparganosis, especially cerebral sparganosis, is a rare comorbidity of HIV/AIDS. Owing to nonspecific symptoms of sparganosis, diagnosis and treatment of the disease are challenging with a very high rate of misdiagnosis. This case report summarizes the clinical data of a case of cerebral sparganosis in a patient with HIV/AIDS. Read More

Parasite 2022 11;29. Epub 2022 Feb 11.

Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia.

The geographic distribution of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), the causative agent of food/water-borne sparganosis, is restricted to Europe, where infected canids, felids, mustelids, suids, and reptiles have been documented from Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Serbia, Estonia, Latvia, and Finland. The main objective of the current study was to map the molecular divergence of S. erinaceieuropaei from Finland using the complete sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (cox1 mtDNA). Read More

Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2021 Jan;33(6):636-638

Key Laboratory of National Health and Family Planning Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, China.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of infections in hosts in Jiangsu Province, so as to provide the scientific basis for the management of sparganosis mansoni.

Methods: From 2018 to 2019, nine counties (cities, districts) were randomly selected from Jiangsu Province as the survey sites, and 100 healthy individuals were randomly selected to perform the serological test of infections and the detection of eggs. The procercoids were detected in the intermediate host , and the eggs were identified in the stool samples of the definitive hosts cats and dogs. Read More

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022 Jul 13;20(7):e1518. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.

Int J Infect Dis 2022 Apr 10;117:28-36. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China. Electronic address:

Objective: To differentiate diagnostic and prognostic factors from the clinical material of patients with cerebral sparganosis in central South China.

Methods: Consecutive patients with cerebral sparganosis from our hospital between 2010 and 2018 were retrospectively enrolled. The clinical manifestations, radiographic features, treatment, and outcomes of these patients were analyzed. Read More

Korean J Parasitol 2021 Dec 22;59(6):635-638. Epub 2021 Dec 22.

Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.

In this study, we intended to describe a human case of lumbosacral canal sparganosis in People's Republic of China (China). A 56-year-old man was admitted to Xiangya Hospital Central South University in Changsha, Hunan province, China after having an experience of perianal pain for a week. An enhancing mass, a tumor clinically suggested, was showed at the S1-S2 level of the lumbosacral spine by the examination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium contrast. Read More

Korean J Parasitol 2021 Dec 22;59(6):615-623. Epub 2021 Dec 22.

National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research); WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases; NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology (National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention); National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases; Shanghai, P. R. China.

Human sparganosis is a food-borne parasitic disease caused by the plerocercoids of Spirometra species. Clinical diagnosis of sparganosis is crucial for effective treatment, thus it is important to identify sensitive and specific antigens of plerocercoids. The aim of the current study was to identify and characterize the immunogenic proteins of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei plerocercoids that were recognized by patient sera. Read More

Parasitol Int 2022 Apr 29;87:102487. Epub 2021 Oct 29.

Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan; Global Center for Food, Land and Water Resources, Hokkaido University, Kita 9 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan.

Even though the cetacean tapeworm Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum occurs in both cold and warm waters, human infections and final host occurrences have been confined to temperate areas in and near Japan. We recently obtained a strobila of this cestode that was excreted from a harbor porpoise accidentally caught offshore of Hokkaido of northern Japan. Genetic analysis of 28S rDNA and cox1 genes confirmed that the cestode was D. Read More

Adv Parasitol 2021 13;114:75-166. Epub 2021 Oct 13.

Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

The broad fish tapeworm, Dibothriocephalus latus (Diphyllobothriidea), is the most frequent causative agent of diphyllobothriosis, a fish-borne zoonosis, in Europe. Diphyllobothriosis is characterized by the transmission of D. latus larvae to humans via the consumption of raw, marinated, smoked or inadequately cooked fish products. Read More

Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2021 Jan;33(4):439-441

Department of Dermatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China.

This case report presents the diagnosis and treatment of a case with subcutaneous sparganosis. Read More

Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2021 Aug;33(4):380-386

National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China.

Objective: To construct a cDNA library of and immunoscreen antigen candidates for immunodiagnosis of sparganosis mansoni.

Methods: Total RNA was extracted from , and reversely transcribed into cDNA, which was ligated into the phage vector. These recombinant vectors were packaged to construct the SMART cDNA library of . Read More

Infect Dis Now 2021 Sep 30;51(6):579-580. Epub 2020 Dec 30.

Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Cochin, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté Paris-Descartes, Université de Paris, Paris, France.

Epilepsy Res 2021 10 24;176:106747. Epub 2021 Aug 24.

Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China. Electronic address:

Objective: To report the clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of patients with cerebral sparganosis and concomitant epilepsy.

Methods: We retrospectively collected the clinical data of all patients with cerebral sparganosis and concomitant epilepsy who underwent lesionectomy as treatment at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University between January 2015 and August 2019. Seizure outcomes were evaluated according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification. Read More

J Parasitol 2021 07;107(4):547-553

Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción P.O. Box 297, Concepción, Chile.

The scarce information on the helminth fauna in otariids from the Southeastern Pacific comes mainly from stranded individuals or killed for that purpose. In this study, we compared the abundance and composition of enteroparasitic assemblages of Otaria flavescens using coprological techniques. Three sampling localities from north to south spanning 2,200 km off the Chilean coast were considered (Iquique, Viña del Mar, and Talcahuano). Read More

Yale J Biol Med 2021 06 30;94(2):297-309. Epub 2021 Jun 30.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, UK.

Fish-borne parasites have been part of the global landscape of food-borne zoonotic diseases for many decades and are often endemic in certain regions of the world. The past 20 years or so have seen the expansion of the range of fish-borne parasitic zoonoses to new geographic regions leading to a substantial public health burden. In this article, we summarize current knowledge about the biology, epidemiology, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and control of selected fish-borne helminthic diseases caused by parasitic roundworm (), tapeworm (), and fluke (). Read More

Parasitol Int 2021 Oct 25;84:102383. Epub 2021 May 25.

Department of Microbiology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan.

A 92-year-old Japanese woman presented with a mass in the left breast, and sparganosis was suspected by biopsy of the mass. The mass disappeared once, but it reappeared at the same site one year later. For a definitive diagnosis, the mass was surgically removed, and a sparganum-like worm was detected. Read More

Zoonoses Public Health 2021 09 15;68(6):691-695. Epub 2021 May 15.

Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

Diphyllobothriosis caused by the Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum) is an emerging parasitic disease reported also from non-endemic areas, including Europe (Spain). The origin of these human cases is unknown but should be related to fresh marine fish imported from endemic areas. Read More

Korean J Parasitol 2021 Apr 22;59(2):153-157. Epub 2021 Apr 22.

College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea.

This study reports the first two clinical cases of spirometrosis caused by Spirometra sp. in cats in Korea. In these two cases, the cats vomited, and long proglottids of tapeworm were recovered. Read More

Int J Circumpolar Health 2021 12;80(1):1917270

Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.

The aim of this work was to compare the prevalence of opisthorchiasis, diphyllobothriasis, and ascariasis among the rural indigenous and long-term resident people of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (KMAO) in the years 1988-89 and 2018-19. Helminth infections were identified by faecal microscopic examinations conducted during health check-ups. We analysed 399 medical records for years 1988-89 and 549 records for 2018-19. Read More

Parasit Vectors 2021 Apr 22;14(1):219. Epub 2021 Apr 22.

Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

Background: The systematic of several marine diphyllobothriid tapeworms of pinnipeds has been revised in recent years. However, 20 species of Diphyllobothrium from phocids and otariids are still recognized as incertae sedis. We describe a new species of Diphyllobothrium from the intestine of California sea lions Zalophus californianus (Lesson) (type-host) and South American sea lions Otaria flavescens (Shaw). Read More

Parasitol Res 2021 Jul 14;120(7):2415-2427. Epub 2021 Apr 14.

Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización, INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.

Diphyllobothriosis was first recorded in humans in Argentina in 1892 and in introduced salmonids in 1952. The aim of this work is to assess factors influencing the values of prevalence and abundance of plerocercoids in fishes that could increase the risk of transmission of Dibothriocephalus spp. in Andean Patagonian lakes. Read More

Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021 04 12;104(6):1953-1954. Epub 2021 Apr 12.

3Department of Eat-loss Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Parasitology 2021 06 8;148(7):787-797. Epub 2021 Mar 8.

Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice37005, Czech Republic.

The large-sized tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus is known as the broad or fish-borne cestode of mammals that is capable to infect humans and cause diphyllobothriosis. Recently, molecular data on D. latus has been accumulating in the literature and a complete genome sequence has been published; however, little is known about the karyotype and chromosome architecture. Read More

Korean J Parasitol 2020 Oct 22;58(5):577-581. Epub 2020 Oct 22.

Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.

A 22-year-old Thai man from the Northeast region presented with acute eye swelling, itching, and discharge on his left eye. He was suspected of having gnathostomiasis and treated with albendazole and prednisolone for 3 weeks. Nine months later, he was treated with high-dose oral prednisolone for the preliminary and differential diagnoses with thyroid-associated orbitopathy and lymphoma. Read More