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    Cestodes are parasitic flatworms that infect humans through ingestion of infective larvae from intermediate hosts. Common cestodes include Diphyllobothrium latum which causes fish tapeworm infection through eating raw or undercooked fish, Hymenolepis nana which causes dwarf tapeworm infection through ingestion of eggs from contaminated food, and Taenia saginata and Taenia solium which cause beef and pork tapeworm infections through eating undercooked beef or pork containing cysticerci larvae. Some cestodes like Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis cause cystic echinococcosis and alveolar echinococcosis through ingestion of eggs from infected

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    Cestodes are parasitic flatworms that infect humans through ingestion of infective larvae from intermediate hosts. Common cestodes include Diphyllobothrium latum which causes fish tapeworm infection through eating raw or undercooked fish, Hymenolepis nana which causes dwarf tapeworm infection through ingestion of eggs from contaminated food, and Taenia saginata and Taenia solium which cause beef and pork tapeworm infections through eating undercooked beef or pork containing cysticerci larvae. Some cestodes like Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis cause cystic echinococcosis and alveolar echinococcosis through ingestion of eggs from infected

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    Jerome Rey
    Cestodes are parasitic flatworms that infect humans through ingestion of infective larvae from intermediate hosts. Common cestodes include Diphyllobothrium latum which causes fish tapeworm infection through eating raw or undercooked fish, Hymenolepis nana which causes dwarf tapeworm infection through ingestion of eggs from contaminated food, and Taenia saginata and Taenia solium which cause beef and pork tapeworm infections through eating undercooked beef or pork containing cysticerci larvae. Some cestodes like Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis cause cystic echinococcosis and alveolar echinococcosis through ingestion of eggs from infected

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    Cestodes

    Stage in
    Mode of Diagnosis
    Parasite Humans Signs and
    Illustrate the Intermediat Infective Transmissio Sites / Treatmen
    Biology/ Associated Symptom Pathogenesis
    Cestode e Host Stage n Affected Diagnostic t
    Characteristics with s
    Stage
    Disease
    Diphyllobothriu
    m latum

    Hymenolepis
    nana

    Hymenolepis
    diminuta

    Dipylidium
    caninum

    Taenia saginata
    Taenia solium

    Echinococcus
    granulosus

    Echinococcus
    multilocularis
    Echinococcus
    yogeli

    Multiceps
    Sparganosis

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