CESTODES PT 2 Flashcards
AKA: Vampirolepis nana
HYMENOLEPIS NANA
Common Name of HYMENOLEPIS NANA
Dwarf tapeworm
Smallest tapeworm infecting humans and children
HYMENOLEPIS NANA
Habitat of HYMENOLEPIS NANA
small intestine
Disease of HYMENOLEPIS NANA
Hymenolepiasis
Most common tapeworm
Only human tapeworm which can complete its life cycle in a single host.
HYMENOLEPIS NANA
Definitive host of HYMENOLEPIS NANA
man, rats/mice
Intermediate host of hymenolepis nana
fleas, beetles
Scolex: Armed rostellium w/ 4 cup shaped suckers
Rostellum has single circle of 20-30 hooks (y-shaped hooklets)
hymenolepis nana
w/ 4 cup shaped suckers
w/ retractable rostellum
w/ Y-shaped hooklet
Hymenolepis nana scolex
w/ 4 suckers
w/ rostellum
w/o hooklets
Hymenolepis diminuta scolex
Common Name of Hymenolepis diminuta
Rat tapeworm
definitive host of hymenolepis diminuta
rats
Intermediate hosts of Hymenolepis diminuta
Tenebrio & Tribolium (mealworms of flour beetle)
DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM
Common Name:
Dog Tapeworm / Double-pored tapeworm
cucumber-like tapeworm, pumpkin seed or vase-like
DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM
IH of DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM
fleas, beetles
DH of DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM
dog and cat
Infective stage to DH of Dipylidium caninum
cystecercoid larva
MOT of Dipylidium caninum
Ingestion of infected flea
Scolex: rhomboid w/ 4 suckers and an apical rostellum with 1-7 rows of spines
Strobila: have 2 sets of reproductive organs
Dipylidium caninum
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
Common Name:
Hydatid worm
IH of ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
man and herbivores
DH of ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
dog and other canine animals