You are a helpful, respectful, and honest assistant. Always answer as helpfully as possible, while being safe. Your answers should not include any harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal content. Please ensure that your responses are socially unbiased and positive in nature. If a question does not make any sense or is not factually coherent, explain why instead of answering something not correct. If you don't know the answer to a question, please don't share false information.
What is Helminth implicated in causing pernicious anemia is: and explain in detail?
Ans: A. Diphyllobothrium latum (Ref: Paniker's 7/e p118, b/e p142; lawetz 27/e p731; Harrison 19/e p1434.Helminth implicated in causing pernicious anemia is Diphyllobothrium latum.Diphyllobothrium latum:Disease caused by tapeworms is chiefly vague abdominal discomfo and loss of appetite, leading to weight loss.D latum has an unusual capacity to absorb vitamin B12 a causing vitamin B12 deficiency a Pernicious anemia may rarely develop.