CESTODES ORDER INFECTIVE DIAGNOSTIC MODE OF HABITAT SPECIAL FEATURES INTERMEDIATE DISEASE CAUSED

STAGE STAGE TRANSMISSION HOSTS

Diphyllobothrium Pseudophillydean Plerocercoid Unembryonated Consumption of Small -wider than long -fish Diphyllobothriasis,
Latum larvae eggs passed in raw/uncooked intestines -central;rosette -crustaceans pernicious anemia/vit
-“fish tapeworm”, feces fish w/ - 2 long almond-shaped B12 deficiency
“broad fish plerocercoid suckers
tapeworm” larvae -coracidium
-operculum on one end;
terminal knob on the
opposite end
- 4-10 um adult worm
Dipylidium Cyclophyllidean Cysticercoids Gravid Ingestion of Small -egg packets -sheep Dypilidiasis, dog or cat
Caninum proglottids infected fleas intestines - 4 suckers (intermediate) tapeworm disease
-“cucumber containing -rostellum;clubshaped -cat and dogs
tapeworm”, “dog cysticercoids -absent hooks (definitive
or cat tapeworm’, hosts)
“pumpkin seed
tapeworm”
Echinococcus Cyclophyllidean -Hydatid cyst in Embryonated Ingestion of eggs Liver, lungs, -cyst wall; multiple -humans Echinococcosis,
Granulosus liver, egg in feces small laminated germinal tissue -sheep Cystic Hydatid disease
-“dog tapeworm” lungs(humans) intestines, layers -goats
-“hydatid -protoscolices brain -fluid filled bladder -swine
tapeworm” (dogs) -daughter cysts
-brood capsules
-hydatid sand
Hymenolepsis Cyclophyllidean Embryonated Embryonated Ingesting Intestinal -intermediate host: NOT -rice/flour Hymenolepiasis
Nana egg in feces egg in feces infected insects lumen, REQUIRED beetle
(Latin America) (intermediate Small - polar thickenings -Dog flea
-“dwarf host) intestine -polar filaments -Human Flea
tapeworm” -short rostellum with hooks
-armed
Hymenolepsis Cyclophyllidean Cysticercoid in Eggs passed in Ingestion of Small - intermediate host: -beetles Hymenolepiasis
Diminuta body cavity of feces insects infected intestine REQUIRED (intermediate)
-cosmopolitan insect ingested with -rodents/rats
parasite cysticercoids (definitive)
Taenia Saginata Cyclophyllidean Cysticercoid/ Eggs/ gravid Ingestion of Small -4 acetabula Cows/cattles Taeniasis, Cysticerciasis,
“beef tapeworm” Cysticerci in proglottids in undercooked intestines -no rostellum ;no hooks Cyticercosis
muscle feces meat(beef/pork) (oncosphere
Taenia Solium Cyclophyllidean Cysticercoid/ Eggs/ gravid containing migrates to -4 acetabula pigs
“pork tapeworm” Cysticerci in proglottids in cysticerci striated -with rostellum; w/
muscle feces muscle) hooks(double crown)
-square mature proglottids