SCIENTIFIC NAME Diphyllobotrium latum

COMMON NAME Broad/ fish tapeworm

SCOLEX Spatulate; almond shaped w/ 2 dorsoventral sucking grooves

HABITAT Ileum and jejunum (small intestine)

Spirometra mansoni

Sparganum mansoni

Has no scloex & definite proglottids

Taenia solium

Pork tapeworm

Taenia saginata

Beef tapeworm

Globular, armed, has 4 cuplike suckers; conspicuous rounded rostellum armed w/ double rpws of large and small hooklets Unarmed scolex; 4 muscular suckers

Skin; subcutaneous tissue; conjunctiva, vagina Small intestine

INTERMEDIATE HOST st 1 int. Host copepods-cyclops & diaptomus nd 2 int. Host fishpike, salmon, whitefish, turbot st 1 int. Host Cyclops; nd 2 int. Host rodents, snake, frog Pigs

OVARY Bilobed ovary

TESTES

DISEASE Diphyllobotriasis; bothriocephaliasis; dibrothriocephalus anemia; fish tapeworm infection Edematous; ocular sparganosis; elephantiasis; acniform pustules

DIAGNOSIS/ DOC DFS -> preziquantel (DOC); niclosamide; quanacrine hydrochloride

Bilobed mass; posterior rd 3 of proglottids bilobed mass; lacking accessory ovary lobe Single mass 330-400 follicles

Small intestine

Cow

Dipylidium caninum

Double pored tapeworm/ dog tapeworm Dwarf tapeworm

4 prominent deeply cupped suckers & armed conical rostellum rose thorn shaped spines Rhomboidal scolex has 4 suckers and bears short, refractile rostelum armed w/ single ring 20-30 Y shaped spines Small club shaped scolex w/ 4 cupshaped suckers & rudimentary unarmed rostellum

Small intestine

Hymenolepis nana

Small intestine

Ctenophalides canis- dog flea; ctenophalides feliscat flea; purex irritans human flea Beetle

Pork tapeworm onfection; taeniasis solium; abdominal discomfort; chronic indigestioin; diarrhea; cysticercus cellulosae Intestinal disturbances & acute intestinal obstruction; towards the end of prepatent period diarrhea &hunger pain, loss of weight Dipylidiasis; dog tapeworm infection; loss of apetite; intestinal disturbance; pruritus ani diarrhea;

Find the white larvae in lesion by exp. Infec. Of animal -> Surgical removal; praziquantel(alternative) Stool analysis, scotch tape swab -> praziquantel; niclosamide; quanacrine

DFS; scotch tape swab -> praziquantel

DFS; scotch tape swab -> praziquantel; niclosamide; quanacrine

Bilobed ovary

3 round testes

Hymenolepiasis; diarrhea; abdominal pain; headache; anorexia

DFS -> Praziquantel; niclosamide(alternative)

Hymenolepis diminuta

Rat tapeworm

Small intestine

Xenopsylla cheopis rat flea

Sacular uterus

Ovoidal testes

Light infection to man; no autoinfection

Stool diagnosis -> niclosamide DOC; praziquantel alternative