Chapter 13: Cestodes Flashcards
Dogs serve as the definitive host
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Has two intermediate hosts
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Autoinfection can occur
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Acquired through ingestion of raw beef
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Has no obligatory intermediate host
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Obstructive jaundice may occur
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
A tiny crustacean serves as intermediate host
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Megaloblastic anemia may develop
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Cysticercosis develops after ingestion of eggs
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Humans serve as dead-end hosts
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
The infective stage for D. latum
The organ of attachment of cestodes
The usual intermediate host for E. granulosus
The most commonly recovered tapeworm in the U.S.
Anal itchiness occurs in infection with this cestode
