Intestinal Cestodes - DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM Flashcards

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LONGEST OF THE TAPEWORMS

SCOLEX: 2 elongated sucking grooves for attachment; (-) hooks
almond shaped

PROGLOTTIDS: wider than they are long; GRAVID uterus is in the form of a ROSETTE
have oval and OPERCULATED EGGS

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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Intermediate host of D. latum

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COPEPODS (1ST)

FISH (2ND)

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Ingestion of PLEROCERCOID LARVAE in undercooked FISH

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adult tapeworm can in the INTESTINE – DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS

abdominal pain
diaarhea
VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY – MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA

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Diagnostic test of D. latum

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unembryonated OPERCULATED EGGS in STOOL

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Treatment for D. latum

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Praziquantel

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