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Cestodes of Minor Importance Flashcards

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Definitive Hosts: FOXES
Intermediate Hosts: RODENTS

accidental ingestion of food contaminated w/ fox feces

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Echinococcus multilocularis

larvae form MULTILOCULATED CYSTS (honeycomb vesicles)

ALBENDAZOLE
surgical cyst removal

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Dwarf tapeworm

Most frequently found tapeworm in DEVELOPED countrues

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Hymenolepsis nana

ingestion fo CYSTICERCOID LARVAE from INFECTED RICE OR FLOUR BEATLE

PRAZIQUANTEL

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Rat tapeworm

ingestion of RAT FLEA cysticercoid larvae

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Hymenolepsis diminuta

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MC tapeworm of dogs and cats

Ingestion of DOG or CAT FLEAS carrying cysticerci

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Dipylidium caninum

*barrel shaped proglottids in stools

NICLOSAMIDE

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