"Sparganosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infection of animals, including fish and man, with a developmental stage of Diphyllobothrium. This stage has recently been referred to as a plerocercoid but the name sparganum has persisted. Therefore, infection of fish or other animals with the plerocercoid larvae is sparganosis. Fish-eating mammals, including man, are the final hosts.
| Descriptor ID |
D013031
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.190.304.780
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