Two pediatric cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection in summer (July–August) 2010
Corresponding Author
Takahiro Ikeda
Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama
Takahiro Ikeda, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University. Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama 330-0834, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorDaisuke Tamura
Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama
Search for more papers by this authorYuko Sato
Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama
Search for more papers by this authorKo Ichihashi
Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama
Search for more papers by this authorHiroyuki Matsuoka
Department of Infection and Immunity, Division of Medical Zoology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi
Search for more papers by this authorHiroshi Yamasaki
Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Takahiro Ikeda
Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama
Takahiro Ikeda, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University. Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama 330-0834, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorDaisuke Tamura
Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama
Search for more papers by this authorYuko Sato
Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama
Search for more papers by this authorKo Ichihashi
Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama
Search for more papers by this authorHiroyuki Matsuoka
Department of Infection and Immunity, Division of Medical Zoology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi
Search for more papers by this authorHiroshi Yamasaki
Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorNucleotide sequence data reported in the present paper are deposited at the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under accession numbers AB597273 and AB597274 for cases 1 and 2, respectively.
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