Helminths (GIT)(unfinished)

Question 1

What are helminths, and what are the three groups (with common names) that affect humans?

Answer 1

Helminths are parasitic worms.

Cestodes (tapeworms)

Nematodes (roundworms)

Trematodes (flukes/flatworms)

Question 2

What are the three species of cestodes that infect humans?

Answer 2

Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)

Teania saginata (beef tapeworm)

Echinococcus granulosis (dog tapeworm)

Humans are infected through consumption of cysts in improperly cooked pork/beef or through ingestion of ova from dog faeces.