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Ate raw fish on trip out of u.s., doc said have diphilobothrum infxn, what can this do to me?

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Anemia.: The fish tapeworm can produce a megaloblastic anemia. Treatment is Praziquantel or niclosamide.

Answered 6/30/2014

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