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Sparganum

Known as: Larvae, Plerocercoid, Plerocercoid Larvae, Sparganums 
The larval form of the diphyllobothriid tapeworms of the genus DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM and SPIROMETRA. Fish-eating mammals and man are the final hosts.
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2015
2015
Genetic Structure Analysis of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei Isolates from Central and Southern China
Background Sparganosis caused by invasion of the plerocercoid larvae (spargana) of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei have increased in… 
2007
2007
Intraspecific variation of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei and phylogenetic relationship between Spirometra and Diphyllobothrium inferred from mitochondrial CO1 gene sequences.
Review
2004
Review
2004
Intestinal adaptation in short-bowel syndrome
After massive resection of the small intestine the remannt mucosa has an important capacity to enlarge the absorptive surface for… 
2004
2004
Development of immunoreactivity to the invertebrate neuropeptide small cardiac peptide B in the tapewormDiphyllobothrium dendriticum
Neurons immunoreactive to small cardiac peptide B (SCPb) occur in the scolex and neck region of adultDiphyllobothrium dendriticum… 
1993
1993
Eosinophilic cystitis caused by vesical sparganosis: a case report.
1976
1976
Disseminated parasitosis in an immunosuppressed patient. Possibly a mutated sparganum.
The autopsy of a man who died of Hodgkin disease revealed that a peculiar metazoan parasite had proliferated and disseminated… 
1972
1972
Pathogenic effects of a diphyllobothriid plerocercoid on its host fishes.
1968
1968
The fine structure of the tegument of Diphyllobothrium latum (L.)
  • T. Bråten
  • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde
  • 1968
  • Corpus ID: 36508930
SummaryThe fine structure of the tegument of the plerocercoid and the adult worm differs in several ways. A large increase in… 
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1947
Highly Cited
1947
Studies on tapeworm physiology
The plerocercoid larvae of the pseudophyllidean cestode Ligula intestinalie have been removed from the body-cavity of the roach… 
1947
1947
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TAPEWORMS
1. Cestodes have a high carbohydrate content in the form of glycogen which is stored mainly in the parenchyma. The proportion of… 
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