A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection caused by Diphyllobothrium latum through the consumption of raw or undercooked fish. The symptoms include abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, vomiting, weight loss and vitamin B12 deficiency with pernicious anemia. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007637 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007638 url:http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Diphyllobothriasis.htm url:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphyllobothrium ]
Synonyms: fish tapeworm Diphyllobothrium infection
Term information
- MESH:D004169
- SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:187151009
- ICD9CM:123.4
- NCI:C128391
- UMLS_CUI:C0012561
- ICD10CM:B70.0
- GARD:942
DO_rare_slim, DO_infectious_disease_slim, NCIthesaurus
Term relations
- parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease
- has material basis in some Dibothriocephalus latus
- has symptom some diarrhea
- has symptom some abdominal discomfort
- has symptom some vomiting
- disease has feature some pernicious anemia
- disease has feature some vitamin B12 deficiency
- has symptom some weight loss