CLASS COTYLODA (Pseudophyllidea): Family Diphyllobothriidae Flashcards
Diphyllobothrium latum CN
“broad fish tapeworm of man”
Family Diphylobothridae genera
Diphylobothrium
Spirometra
Hosts of Diphyllobothrium latum “broad fish tapeworm of man”
fish-eating mammalsman, dogs, cats
Its hosts are fish-eating mammalsman, dogs, cats
Diphyllobothrium latum
Site of Diphyllobothrium latum
small intestine
1st IH of Diphyllobothrium latum
copepods (Diaptomus vulgaris, Cyclops strenuus)
Diaptomus vulgaris CN
Cray fish
2nd IH of Diphyllobothrium latum
freshwater fish (trout, pike, salmon, perch)
Morphology of Diphyllobothrium latum
- Could be as long as 20 meters in length with up to 3000 segments
- largest tapeworm of man
- yellowish grey in color with dark central ventral markings caused by the uterus
- With 2 muscular longitudinal grooves (bothria) at the spoon-shaped scolex
- Embryophore bears a cilia, once the eggs are hatched the larva is motile (coracidium)
- Bilobed ovary is central
- Roseate-shaped uterus is central and opens ventrally
- Eggs are operculated, light brown, with round ends
Could be as long as 20 meters in length with up to 3000 segments
Diphyllobothrium latum
largest tapeworm of man
Diphyllobothrium latum
Eggs are operculated, light brown, with round ends
Diphyllobothrium latum
Life Cycle of Diphyllobothrium latum
- eggs are voided out with the feces
- develops into 1st stage larva (coracidium) in two weeks
- coracidium swims in water and become ingested by 1st i.h. within 12 hours
- procercoid in 2-3 weeks
- 2nd i.h. eat infected copepods
- plerocercoid develops in the muscle tissue of fish
- ingestion of raw or partially cooked fish with plerocercoid
- eggs appear in the feces 5-6 weeks post-infection
Essentially a parasite of humans because it produces few fertile eggs in other hosts
Diphyllobothrium latum
Diphyllobothrium latum competes for this vitamin uptake
B12
Treatment for Diphyllobothrium latum
Praziquantel 25 mg/kg
Niclosamide
Quinacrine
Spirometra erinacei CN
Zipper worm disease
Spirometra spp. causes what disease?
Spirometrosis