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The first autochthonous case of diphyllobothriosis, caused by broad fish tapeworm (Dibothriocephalus latus), in the Czech Republic


Authors: T. Scholz 1;  R. Kuchta 1;  J. Brabec 1;  V. Pavelková 2;  Z. Lapáčková 3
Authors‘ workplace: Parazitologický ústav, Biologické centrum Akademie věd ČR, České Budějovice 1;  MUDr. Věra Pavelková, praktická lékařka pro dospělé, Horní Planá 2;  Synlab, laboratoř České Budějovice, České Budějovice 3
Published in: Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. 74, 2025, č. 1, s. 76-79
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doi: https://doi.org/10.61568/emi/11-6445/20250128/139689

Overview

Diphyllobothriosis is a parasitic infection of humans caused by the broad fish tapeworm (Dibothriocephalus latus; synonym Diphyllobothrium latum). This disease is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere including Europe. Popular sport fish such as perch (Perca fluviatilis) and pike (Esox lucius) are the source of human infection. Here we document the first autochthonous case of diphyllobothriosis linked to the consumption of raw pike roe (caviar) originating from a popular tourist destination in South Bohemia. This is probably a recent introduction of the parasite into the Lipno Reservoir, which may represent a new focus of diphyllobothriosis, a zoonotic, fish-borne disease.

Keywords:

Freshwater fish – zoonosis – broad fish tapeworm – pike – roe – Central Europe – Lipno Reservoir


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Poděkování

Autoři děkují dvěma recenzentům za podnětné připomínky. Tato studie byla podpořena Ministerstvem školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy (projekt LUASK 22045 programu Inter-Excellence). Autoři děkují Janu Kubečkovi a jeho týmu z Hydrobiologického ústavu Biologického centra AV ČR v Českých Budějovicích za poskytnutí ryb pro parazitologické vyšetření. Mona Luo poskytla schéma životního cyklu škulovce širokého.

Do redakce došlo dne 15. 10. 2024.

Adresa pro korespondenci:
prof. RNDr. Tomáš Scholz, CSc.
Parazitologický ústav, Biologické centrum Akademie věd ČR
Branišovská 31
370 05 České Budějovice
e-mail:
tscholz@paru.cas.cz

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