INTESTINAL CESTODES Flashcards
Pork Tapeworm
T. solium
Beef Tapeworm
T. saginata
Dwarf Tapeworm
H. nana
Rat tapeworm
H. diminuta
Dog tapeworm
D. caninum
Broad Fish Tapeworm
D. latum
IH T. solium
Pig
IH T. saginata
Cow/Cattle
Indirect IH H. nana
insect
IH H. diminuta and D. caninum
insect
1st IH D. latum
copepods
2nd IH D. latum
small fish
DH T. solium, T. saginata, H. nana
Man
DH H. diminuta
Rat
DH D. caninum
Dog/Cat
DH D. latum
Man
IS T. solium
Cysticercus cellulosae
IS T. saginata
Cysticercus bovis
IS H. nana and H. diminuta
egg and cystecercoid
IS D. caninum
Dipylidiasis
IS D. latum
Diphylobothriasis
new name of D. latum
Dibothriocephalus latus
vitamin def associated to D. latum
Vitamin B12 deficiency
anemia associated to D. latum
megaloblastic anemia
contains 8-15 egg sac/packets
D. caninum
Chitinous hooks around
rostellum
T. solium
No rostellum or hooks
T. saginata
Retractile rostellum with
Y-shaped hooks
H. nana
Rostellum without hooks
H. diminuta
Rostellum with 7 rows of
thorn-shaped hooks
D. caninum
No rostellum or hooks; with midventral and middorsal bothria
D. latum
7-12 finger like or dendritic lateral uterine branches
T. solium
15-20 tree like/dichotomous lateral branches
T. saginata
sac like uterus
H. nana
vase-shaped or resemble rice grains
D. caninum
rosette shaped uterus
D. latum
3rd human Taenia/Taiwan/Asian Taenia
Taenia asiatica
IH of T. asiatica
pig/wild boar
cystecerci are primarily located where
liver
T. asiatica is morphologically similar to
T. saginata