Table. Cestode species identified in patient fecal samples, Japan, 2001–2016.

Species	No. samples		Total, no. (%)†
	Proglottid (no.)*	Egg
Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense	526 (153)	299	825 (86.1)
Diplogonoporus balaenopterae	32 (8)	0	32 (3.3)
Spirometra spp.	2	0	2 (0.2)
Taenia spp.	72 (18)	27	99 (10.3)
Total	632 (179)	326	958 (100)

*Number in parentheses indicates the number examined by molecular analysis during 2012–2016.
†Numbers do not add up to 100% because of rounding.