Diphyllobothrium latum, or the fish tapeworm, is basically a Scandinavian import to the United States. As Robert Desowitz describes in his classic book “New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers“,...

Parasitology 101 is an educational blog that that can be used as a study guide for microbiology, infectious disease and medical technology students. The “bullet-point” format keeps the information...