label: diphyllobothriasis
label_lc: diphyllobothriasis
description: "Bothriocephalosis is a mammalian cosmopolitan intestinal parasitosis. In addition to non-specific digestive problems (nausea, abdominal pain, lack of appetite), bothriocephalosis provokes an anemia caused by vitamin B12 deficiency that resembles Biermer anemia (anemia characterized by abnormally large red blood cells)."