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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Research Letter

Possible New Focus of Diphyllobothriasis, Central Europe

Tomáš Scholz1Comments to Author , Roman Kuchta1, and Jan Brabec
Author affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

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Map of the distribution of Dibothriocephalus latus in Europe according to Králová-Hromadová et al. (4) and Kuecha et al. (8). Diphyllobothriasis-endemic areas in Europe are identified by different colors: white indicates Fennoscandia, yellow indicates Baltic region, purple indicates Alpine lake region, and turquoise indicates Danube region. Red arrow indicates the newly reported case from the Czech Republic.

Figure. Map of the distribution of Dibothriocephalus latus in Europe according to Králová-Hromadová et al. (4) and Kuchta et al. (8). Diphyllobothriasis-endemic areas in Europe are identified by different colors: white indicates Fennoscandia, yellow indicates Baltic region, purple indicates Alpine lake region, and turquoise indicates Danube region. Red arrow indicates the newly reported case from the Czech Republic.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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