PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES CLASS cestoda Flashcards
Hymenolepsis species common name is?
Dwarf tapeworm
Hymenolepsis species disease is associated with what?
enteric association of rodents, small mammals
Hymenolepsis species is spread how
ingestions of eggs
Hymenolepsis species can be ID in lab how?
round eggs, thick shell
Hymenolepsis species is clinically sampled how?
fecal
Taenia saginata common name?
Beef tapeworm
Taenia saginata disease and is associated with?
Enteric (association with undercooked beef)
Taenia solium common name?
pork tapeworm
Taenia solium disease and is associated with what?
enteric ( association with undercooked pork)
which species causes larval migration thru host (Cystercercosis)
taenia solium
how is solium species spread?
ingestion of larvae/eggs in undercooked pork
soliumclinical sample?
fecal
taenia solium Lab identification?
Round eggs, thick shell
Evidence of larval damage
Diphyllobothrium species common name is?
fish tapeworm
Diphyllobothrium species disease?
enteric disease associated with undercooked freshwater fish
Diphyllobothrium species spread?
ingestion of larvea/eggs in undercooked fish
Diphyllobothrium species lab ID?
oval egg, operculated
Diphyllobothrium species Clinical sample?
fecal?
Echinococcus species common name?
Dog tapeworm
Echinococcus species disease?
hydatid cyst
Echinococcus species spread how?
ingestion of eggs
Echinococcus species Lab ID?
Cysts seen on X ray
class crestoda contain scolex for what?
they act as suckers or hooks on the anterior structure
what are the reproductive organs of the tapeworms called?
proglottids
contacts of tapeworms is by?
consuming contaminated beef, pork, or fish
