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Journal of helminthology
2025
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| Online Access: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40815059/ |
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- Molecular identification of tapeworm infection in a bottlenose dolphin, sp., in South Carolina, USA. Ertel, B M Hill-Spanik, K M Brown, B A McFee, W E de Buron, I Animals South Carolina Bottle-Nosed Dolphin Electron Transport Complex IV Phylogeny Diphyllobothrium DNA, Helminth Sequence Analysis, DNA Diphyllobothriasis RNA, Ribosomal, 28S DNA, Ribosomal Cestode Infections A bottlenose dolphin, sp., stranded on the coast of South Carolina, USA was found to be heavily infected in its intestine by tapeworms, which we identified molecularly. Sequencing of portions of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and nuclear large subunit ribosomal RNA (28S rRNA) genes showed the cestodes to be , commonly known as a broad tapeworm. Infections of marine mammals by have been previously reported in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, but only to genus level. Infection by tapeworms may be rare in dolphins in South Carolina, but because this species is zoonotic, its presence indicates the potential for an emerging public health concern.