Diphyllobothrium

"Diphyllobothrium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A genus of tapeworm containing several species which occurs in the intestine of fish, birds, and mammals including man. Infection in humans is usually by eating uncooked fish. The larval stage is known as SPARGANUM.

Descriptor ID	D004170
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.500.736.215.228
Concept/Terms	Diphyllobothrium Diphyllobothrium Diphyllobothriums

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diphyllobothrium".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Helminths [B01.050.500.500]
Platyhelminths [B01.050.500.500.736]
Cestoda [B01.050.500.500.736.215]
Diphyllobothrium [B01.050.500.500.736.215.228]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Diphyllobothrium".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diphyllobothrium".

Diphyllobothrium
Sparganum

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