Journal of Parasitology · 1949 · 16 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineBiologyZoologyHelminthologyParasitologyProtozoologyHelminth EcologyHelminth EpidemiologyHelminth InfectionsTrematode BiologyWildlife HelminthologyWildlife Parasite EpidemiologyDiphyllobothriid Tapeworm InfectionsParasite Monitoring And SurveillanceParasite Prevalence StudiesParasite Prevalence SurveysParasitic HelminthsParasitological SurveysProtozoan IncidenceTrematode Epidemiology
This survey of parasites centered around the incidence of the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum (Linn.) in man. Its presence was expected in the far north since the plerocercoid larvae were already reported from pike and pickerel by Rawson (personal communication). The author went to Fort Chipewyan for the summer of 1945 with other projects in mind, but finding evidence of human tapeworm infection a microscope was brought in by air and the survey initiated. Fort Chipewyan is at the west end of Lake Athabasca, approximately 370 air-line miles north of Edmonton, Alberta, 58045' N and 111 0 W.