ICD-11 definition : A disease caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Spirometra. This disease
presents with symptoms depending on the site of the infection. Transmission is by
ingestion of contaminated water or ingestion of infected undercooked second intermediate
hosts (such as fish, reptiles or amphibians). Confirmation is by identification of
Spirometra eggs in a faecal sample.;
ICD-11 synonym : larval dibothriocephaliasis; sparganosis - larval diphyllobothriasis; sparganum infestation; larval fish tapeworm infection; larval bothriocephalus infestation; spirometriosis; Spirometrosis; infection by spirometra larvae; larval dibothriocephalus infestation; infection by sparganum; Larval diphyllobothriasis; Infection due to Sparganum; larval diphyllobothrium infestation; spirometra larvae infestation; larval dibothriocephalus;
A disease caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Spirometra. This disease
presents with symptoms depending on the site of the infection. Transmission is by
ingestion of contaminated water or ingestion of infected undercooked second intermediate
hosts (such as fish, reptiles or amphibians). Confirmation is by identification of
Spirometra eggs in a faecal sample.
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