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Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014
Dispatch

Molecular Detection of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense in Humans, China

Shaohong Chen1, Lin Ai, Yongnian Zhang, Jiaxu Chen, Weizhe Zhang1, Yihong Li, Maki Muto1, Yasuyuki Morishima, Hiromu Sugiyama, Xuenian Xu1, Xiaonong Zhou1, and Hiroshi Yamasaki1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China (S. Chen, L. Ai, Y. Zhang, J. Chen, X. Xu, X. Zhou); Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China (W. Zhang, Y. Li); National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan (M. Muto, Y. Morishima, H. Sugiyama, H. Yamasaki)

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Figure 1

Diphyllobothriid samples examined in the present study, China, 2008–2012. A) Proglottids stained with acetic acid–carmine from case-patient 12. B–E) Sagittal sections of proglottids stained with hematoxylin-eosin from case-patients 16–19. cs, cirrus sac; ut, uterus; sv, seminal vesicle; ov, ovary; ga, genital atrium. Scale bar in panel A represents 2 mm; scale bars in panels B–E represent 500 μm.

Figure 1. Diphyllobothriid samples examined in the present study, China, 2008–2012A) Proglottids stained with acetic acid–carmine from case-patient 12B–E) Sagittal sections of proglottids stained with hematoxylin-eosin from case-patients 16–19cs, cirrus sac; ut, uterus; sv, seminal vesicle; ov, ovary; ga, genital atriumScale bar in panel A represents 2 mm; scale bars in panels B–E represent 500 μm.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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