Cestodes (tapeworms) Flashcards

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Taenia solium

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undercooked pork; ingestion of eggs

Intestinal infection; Cysticerosis, neurocysticerosis

Praziquantel; Praziquanteland bendazoles for neurocysticerosis

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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raw freshwater fish

Vit B12 def, –> anemia

Praziquantel

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Echinococcus granulosis

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Dog feces

Cysts in liver

bendazoles

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