Diphyllobothriasis

Description

A disease caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Diphyllobothrium. This disease is characterised by abdominal discomfort, diarrhoea, vomiting, or weight loss. This disease may be asymptomatic. Transmission is by ingestion of infected undercooked fish. Confirmation is by identification of Diphyllobothriasis eggs in a faecal sample.

Index terms

Diphyllobothriasis
Dibothriocephalus anaemia
adult diphyllobothrium infection

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bothriocephaliasis
bothriocephalosis
bothriocephalus infestation
broad tapeworm infection
dibothriocephaliasis
dibothriocephalus
dibothriocephalus infestation
diphyllobothrium infection
diphyllobothrium infestation
fish tapeworm
fish tapeworm infection
infection by diphyllobothrium larvae
intestinal diphyllobothriasis
tapeworm anaemia
Infection by diphyllobothrium latum
adult diphyllobothrium latum infection
dibothriocephalus latus
Infection by diphyllobothrium pacificum
adult diphyllobothrium pacificum infection

Excludes

1F75 – larval diphyllobothriasis

Exclusions from above levels

NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

1F70 – Cysticercosis
1F72 – Dipylidiasis
1F73 – Echinococcosis
1F74 – Hymenolepiasis
1F75 – Sparganosis
1F76 – Taeniasis
1F7Y – Other specified diseases due to cestodes
1F7Z – Diseases due to cestodes, unspecified

Foundation entity

Diphyllobothriasis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1679215344

Part of: 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases