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Tapeworm From Asian Waters Identified in Alaskan Salmon
posted January 13th
by modernClinician Editorial Team
by modernClinician Editorial Team
A tapeworm known to infect salmon from the Asian Pacific is also present in fish from U.S. waters, according to research published in the February issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Emerging Infectious Diseases.
CDC: Tapeworm Implicated in Case of Malignant Transformation
posted November 5th
by modernClinician Editorial Team
by modernClinician Editorial Team
Cancer cells transmitted from a common tapeworm appear to have caused cancer-like tumors in a Colombian man with HIV -- the first known case of malignant transformation, U.S. health officials report in the Nov. 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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