KROK 1 2023 – Question 120 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A patient was hospitalized with the provisional diagnosis of diphyllobothriasis. What food products could have caused this disease?
- A. Milk and eggs
- B. Vegetables and fruits
- C. Fish
- D. Beef
- E. Pork
Hint
Diphyllobothriasis is caused by the broad tapeworm, whose larval stages develop in aquatic hosts; think about which food could carry those larvae.
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