Chen Shanhong, Ai Lin, Zhang Yongnian, Chen Jiaxu, Zhang Weizhe, Li Yihong, Muto Maki, Morishima Yasuyuki, Sugiyama Hiromu, Xu Xuenian, Zhou Xiaonong, Yamasaki Hiroshi
Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):315-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2002.121889.
The cause of diphyllobothriosis in 5 persons in Harbin and Shanghai, China, during 2008-2011, initially attributed to the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum, was confirmed as D. nihonkaiense by using molecular analysis of expelled proglottids. The use of morphologic characteristics alone to identify this organism was inadequate and led to misidentification of the species.
2008年至2011年期间，中国哈尔滨和上海有5人感染阔节裂头绦虫病，最初认为病原体是阔节裂头绦虫，经对排出的孕节进行分子分析，确诊病原体为日本阔节裂头绦虫。仅依靠形态学特征来识别该生物体是不够的，会导致物种误认。
